The Myth of Fingerprints

Sep 17, 1997

1h 33m

★ 5.0

Overview

When a New England dysfunctional family gathers for Thanksgiving, past demons reveal themselves as one son returns for the first time in three years.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Good Machine

Eureka Pictures

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Cast

Waitress

Randee Allen

Daphne

Arija Bareikis

Young Jake

Justin Barreto

Jerry

Chris Bauer

Young Warren

Nicholas Bourgeois

Man at Train Station

Tom Cumler

Lena

Blythe Danner

Margaret

Hope Davis

Tom

Christopher Duva

Young Leigh

Kelsey Gunn

Leigh

Laurel Holloman

Elliot

Brian Kerwin

Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.

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