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Prodigal Sons

A brotherly rivalry between a man and a woman... and Orson Welles.
A brotherly rivalry between a man and a woman... and Orson Welles.
Documentary - 2008
Prodigal Sons
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7.1
87%
74
Filmmaker Kimberly Reed returns home for her high school reunion, ready to reintroduce herself to the small town as a transgender woman and hoping for reconciliation with her long-estranged adopted brother Marc. Things are complicated by the shocking revelation that Marc may be the grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth, forcing Kim and her family to explore questions of sexual orientation, identity, severe trauma and love.
Director:
,
Kimberly Reed
Cast:
,
Kimberly Reed
,
Carol McKerrow
,
Marc McKerrow
,
Claire Jones

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Details

Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
86 min
Release date:
29 Aug 2008
Country:
CA, GB, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
8 wins & 4 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
A film that will fascinate inquisitive viewers on multiple levels.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
16 Sep 2013
fresh:
At the heart of Prodigal Sons, a family drama in the form of a succinct, eloquent personal journal, is a sibling rivalry whose reverberations touch upon the very essence of human identity...
– Sheri Linden,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar 2010
fresh:
A consistently generous film.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
12 Mar 2010
fresh:
Kimberly Reed started out to make a movie about starting over, but then life got in the way. It didn't make her job harder. It made the movie better.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
12 Mar 2010
fresh:
The problem with family-diary documentaries is that some families have too much drama for just one movie.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
12 Mar 2010
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