Lust, drugs and violence... no place for a kid.
Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.
- Sexual violence
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Grave, intimate, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
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Cast
- Jennifer LawrenceAgnes
- Selma BlairSarah
- Bokeem WoodbineDuval
- Chloë Grace MoretzCammie
- Sophi BairleyBee
- Casey TuttonSheila
- Jayce RyanDaniel
- Natalie WestDolly
- David Alan GrierStymie
- Andrew RothenbergClyde Senior
Crew
- Lori PettyDirector
- Lori PettyWriter
- David Alan GrierWriter
- Ken SengDirector of Photography
- Mike PostOriginal Music Composer
- Tirsa HackshawEditor
- Stephen J. CannellProducer
- Michael DubelkoProducer
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