You want. He wants. She wants. But nobody wants what I want.
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
- Sexual violence
- Suicide or self-harm
- Harm to children
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Contemporary, prestige, overwhelming and contemplative.
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
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“Is Happiness better than Welcome to the Dollhouse?”
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Cast
- Jane AdamsJoy Jordan
- Philip Seymour HoffmanAllen
- Dylan BakerBill Maplewood
- Lara Flynn BoyleHelen Jordan
- Cynthia StevensonTrish Maplewood
- Louise LasserMona Jordan
- Ben GazzaraLenny Jordan
- Camryn ManheimKristina
- Rufus ReadBilly Maplewood
- Jon LovitzAndy Kornbluth
Crew
- Todd SolondzDirector
- Todd SolondzScreenplay
- Maryse AlbertiDirector of Photography
- Robbie KondorOriginal Music Composer
- Alan OxmanEditor
- Ted HopeProducer
- Christine VachonProducer
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