To Sleep with Anger (1990)

Directed by

Charles Burnett

Genre

independent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 64 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mysterious old friend visits a close-knit African American family in Los Angeles and slowly stirs up tensions and secrets between them. The visitor's presence upends the household's routines and relationships.

slow-burntensedarkly comicunsettlingdomesticearthygroundedcharacter-driven

What happens

To Sleep with Anger is a 1990 American black comedy film written and directed by Charles Burnett, and starring Danny Glover. In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It had a remastered home media release from the Criterion Collection on February 26, 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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