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Waffle Street is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 24 september 2015 with James Lafferty
Waffle Street (2015)
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Add to a movie listNouveau job pour une nouvelle vie (Waffle Street) est une comédie dramatique américaine réalisée par Eshom Nelms et Ian Nelms sortie en 2015. Ce film met en vedette James Lafferty dans le rôle de James Adams, dont ses mémoires sont adaptés. Dany Glover et Julie Gonzalo tiennent des seconds rôles et la majorité du film se déroule dans un diner de Lehi dans l'Utah (États-Unis).
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À la suite du la crise financière de 2008, James «Jimmy» Adams (James Lafferty) est mis à l'écart des premières lignes d'un fonds d'investissement, Alpha Managers. Après avoir répété pendant 6 ans le « mantra » de sa dernière compagnie (« Ce qu'on fait est légal, donc ce n'est pas immoral. Si c'était immoral, ce serait illégal. »), James Adams décide de décrocher un travail honnête et plus gratifiant. Après plusieurs tentatives infructueuses, Adams est embauché en tant que serveur sans qualification dans un diner : Papa's Chicken and Waffles, une chaîne de restaurants locale ouverte 24 heures sur 24 (le restaurant a été renommé dans les nouvelles versions du livre et dans le film). Le personnel de ce diner est hétéroclite : un responsable ne sachant pas concilier sa vie maritale et le milieu professionnel, des collaborateurs en majorité issus du monde carcéral, dont un cuisinier (Danny Glover) qui le surnomme sans cesse « Petit Jimmy » ou « Jimmy Jam ». Contrairement à ce qu'on pourrait penser, ce changement radical lui donnera les clés de la réussite sociale.Actors
James Lafferty
(Jimmy Adams)
Danny Glover
(Edward Collins)
Julie Gonzalo
(Becky Adams)
Dale Dickey
(Crazy Kathy)
Marshall Bell
(Miles Drake III)
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