08 Aug 1990
The Grifters
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Guys Reading Poems
Some minds bend. Some break.
A resourceful boy creatively uses poetry to survive when his mother, a disturbed avant garde painter, locks him in a puppet box and builds an art installation around his imprisonment.
Top Billed Cast
Patricia Velásquez Mother
Alexander Dreymon Father
Luke Judy Boy
Lydia Hearst The Actress
Rex Lee 
Christos Vasilopoulos The Director
Jerod Meagher 
Blake Sheldon 
Justin Schwan 
Gopal Divan Jason Fracaro 
Adrian Quiñonez Alessandro Nori 
Megan Sousa The Friend
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