Constellation

Feb 1, 2007

1h 36m

★ 5.6

Overview

Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interracial affair. The film explores the way in which the family patriarch must confront his demons amidst the changing racial fabric of society and his own family.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Constellation LLC

Constellation Trailers

Cast

Rosa Boxer

Zoe Saldaña

Helms Boxer

Billy Dee Williams

Carmel Boxer

Gabrielle Union

Nancy

Lesley Ann Warren

Errol Hickman

Hill Harper

Lucy Boxer

Melissa De Sousa

Jenita

Rae Dawn Chong

Celeste Korngold

Ever Carradine

Bear

David Clennon

Kent

Alec Newman

Yosito

Shin Koyamada

Alec (Cab Driver)

Howie Dorough

Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a result, both children miss their school field trip and are stuck with the parents. The two adults project their negative stereotypes of ex-spouses on each other, but end up needing to rely on each other to watch the children as each must save his job. Humor is added by Sammy's propensity for lodging objects in his nose and Maggie's tendency to wander.

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