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Trust (1990)

Trust poster
Directed by
Hal Hartley
Genre
drama film, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
R
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 165 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two lonely young people in a Long Island town both struggle with difficult families. They meet accidentally and slowly build an unusual friendship rooted in honesty and support.

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What happens

Trust is a 1990 romantic black comedy film written and directed by Hal Hartley and starring Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Merritt Nelson, Edie Falco, and John MacKay. In the film, two young misfits with a troubled home life meet by chance in a Long Island town and through trials develop a platonic relationship based on mutual respect, admiration, and trust. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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