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3 Generations (2015)

3 Generations poster
Directed by
Gaby Dellal
Genre
comedy film, LGBTQ-related film, drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
6
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 445 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenager named Ray comes out as transgender and wants to start medical transition. His mother, grandmother, and estranged father each react in their own way as the family works through the changes.

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What happens

3 Generations (also released in some markets as About Ray) is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Gaby Dellal and written by Nikole Beckwith and Dellal. The film stars Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts, Susan Sarandon, Tate Donovan and Sam Trammell. It premiered in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, under the title About Ray. The film was released on May 5, 2017, by the Weinstein Company. In the film, teenager Ray (Fanning) realizes and pursues his true identity as male and his mother Maggie (Watts), lesbian grandmother Dolly (Sarandon), and absent father Craig (Donovan) must learn to accept him for who he is. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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