Directed by Hal Hartley • 1990 • United States
Starring Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Rebecca Nelson
One of the defining American independent films of the 1990s, Hal Hartley’s second feature is a romantic comedy told with the filmmaker’s characteristic verbal dexterity and mordant wit. A hilarious and moving analysis of family violence and the moral courage it takes to defeat it and assume faith in others, TRUST follows pregnant Long Island teen Maria Coughlin (Adrienne Shelly), who—after her father drops dead in shock and her boyfriend leaves her—forges an unexpected connection with Matthew (Martin Donovan), an electronics whiz who carries a hand grenade and may have even more problems than she does.
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Directed by Hal Hartley • 1994 • United States
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