Three Days in August

Dec 2, 2016

1h 37m

★ 3.8

Everything is in the right place, except the truth.

Overview

An adopted Irish American artist confronts her past when both sets of parents come together over a weekend for her to paint a family portrait.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Zero Trans Fat Productions

Torfoot Films

Ubiquimedia

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Cast

Aiden

Edward James Hyland

Maggie

Meg Foster

Maureen

Mariette Hartley

John

Barry Bostwick

Father Granado

Luis Albert Acevedo Jr.

Shannon

Mollie Milligan

Sam

Stephen Snedden

Liam

Colton Tapp

Francis

Cal Bartlett

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