Merci Docteur Rey (2002)
Director
Andrew Litvack
Main cast
Dianne Wiest
Genres
Comedy, Foreign
Description
A young phone-sex addict goes to a therapist who herself has died and a psychotic patient is in her place.
Andrew Litvack
Main cast
Dianne Wiest
Genres
Comedy, Foreign
Description
A young phone-sex addict goes to a therapist who herself has died and a psychotic patient is in her place.
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