Directed by Hal Hartley • 1989 • United States
Starring Adrienne Shelly, Robert John Burke, Christopher Cooke
Audry (Adrienne Shelly in her first film role), a young woman bound for Harvard and disturbingly preoccupied with the threat of nuclear destruction, abandons her college plans for something more adventurous after she falls in love with a handsome ex-con (Robert John Burke) who is rumored to have murdered the father of his high school sweetheart. Hal Hartley’s delightful first feature is one of his most beloved comedies, a warm-hearted satire about idealistic young love, capitalist moralizing in the home, and the need for work that one loves.
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Simple Men
Directed by Hal Hartley • 1992 • United States
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