CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1993
Benny & Joon posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1993 1h 38m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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Benny & Joon

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Benjamin "Benny" Pearl and his mentally ill sister Juniper "Joon" Pearl, live together following the accidental death of their parents. Benny's friend Mike has his cousin Sam staying with him. Joon joins a poker game at Mike's and loses a bet that commits Sam to live with the Pearls. Benny is at first angry, but after an evening with Sam at the local diner and then coming home the next day to find Sam has cleaned the house, Benny decides Sam should stay.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Sam

Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn

Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl

Liane Curtis

Claudia

Lynette Walden

Female Customer

Tony Lincoln

Local

Noon Orsatti

Patron

Dan Kamin

Patron

Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt

Eric