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L.I.E.
Why this pick
Like The Mudge Boy, it observes an isolated adolescent negotiating grief, desire, and damaging adult authority with an unvarnished, uneasy intimacy.
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MOVIE2003 1h 34m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In the past, the mother of Duncan Mudge dies from a heart attack while riding her bike. In the current day, Duncan works with his grieving father Edgar on their poultry farm, where Duncan has bonded with most of the chickens. His relationship with his father is split due to his father's depression, and intolerance towards Duncan exploring his sexual orientation. While riding his bike with a chicken his mother grew fond of on the rural path, he stops to pet a cow belonging to Perry Foley whom he engages in a conversation with before leaving.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Tom Guiry
Perry Foley
Richard Jenkins
Edgar Mudge
Zachary Knighton
Travis
George Woodard
Merrit Foley
Munson Hicks
Minister
Ryan Donowho
Scotty
Emile Hirsch
Duncan Mudge
Pablo Schreiber
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