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Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America

Film / 2006

Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America

Directed by Douglas Buck

DramaHorror

★ 5.5/10Audience rating

Three narratives ("Cutting Moments," "Home" and "Prologue") combine to create a shocking trilogy of modern American life, a portrait drawn with brushstrokes of hidden violence and disturbing cruelty. Directed by Douglas Buck, this unflinching film reveals what lies behind the drawn curtains of so-called "ordinary" households.

The story

Three narratives ("Cutting Moments," "Home" and "Prologue") combine to create a shocking trilogy of modern American life, a portrait drawn with brushstrokes of hidden violence and disturbing cruelty. Directed by Douglas Buck, this unflinching film reveals what lies behind the drawn curtains of so-called "ordinary" households.

Cast

Nicca RaySarah Gary BetsworthPatrick / Gary Jared BarskyJoey Ray BlandFather Deborah FlorayMother Christine CaleoHelen Ronald BaldinoYoung Gary Sally ConwayBilly Anders William Stone MahoneyBenjamin Alex SplendorePoliceman #3 David ThorntonWalter Anders Letty SerraEvelyn

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Beth GloverJoan Anders Larry FessendenJimmy Doyle Richard WhaleyPoliceman #2 John PeroPoliceman #1

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