L.I.E.

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100

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Theatrical Release Date:

09/07/2001

DVD Release Date:

06/04/2002

Run Time:

108min.

Starring:

Brian Cox , Paul Dano , Billy Kay , Bruce Altman , James Costa

Director(s):

Michael Cuesta

Distributor(s):

Lot 47

MPAA Rating:

NC-17 for some explicit sexual content.

Genre(s):

Drama,Foreign

Plot: A teenaged boy in desperate need of a father figure finds one in a place no one should ever have to look in this controversial drama. Howie (Paul Franklin Dano) is a 15-year-old who has been emotionally at sea ever since the death of his mother in an ... Read More

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