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Jules gund biography

          Jules Gund, an emigre German writer who lived in a remote rural stretch of Uruguay, to compose Gund's biography as his dissertation project.

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          The City of Your Final Destination

          2009 American film

          The City of Your Final Destination is a 2009 American romantic drama film directed by James Ivory and starring Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Omar Metwally, Hiroyuki Sanada and Norma Aleandro.

          It was written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and based on the eponymous novel by Peter Cameron.

          The film is the first Merchant Ivory film production without the participation of producer Ismail Merchant and composer Richard Robbins.

          Jules Gund, celebrated author of a single novel, lives on an estate in Uruguay with his wife, his mistress and his brother, until he kills himself.

        1. The setting is northern Uruguay.
        2. Biography.
        3. Omar Razaghi, an Iranian-born, hapless graduate student, sets off to Uruguay to gain permission to write the biography of Jules Gund, a Jewish.
        4. Biography of Jules Gund, a critically ignored expatriate writer who published only a single novel before his death.

          5. As of 2024, it is also the last narrative feature film directed by Ivory to date.

          Synopsis

          Graduate student Omar Razaghi (Omar Metwally) wishes to write a biography on obscure writer Jules Gund, who died years before.

          Omar must travel to Uruguay to persuade the Gund family to authorize the biography.

          Cast

          • Omar Metwally as Omar Razaghi
          • Anthony Hopkins as Adam Gund
            • Nicholas Blandullo as Young Adam
          • Alexandra Maria Lara as Deirdre Rothemund (Deirdre MacArthur in the novel)