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A Very Serious Person
A Very Serious Person

A Very Serious Person

Genres

Drama

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Jan, an itinerant male nurse from Denmark, takes a new job with Mrs. A, a terminally ill Manhattan woman raising her parentless thirteen-year-old grandson, Gil. Spending the summer by the shore, the emotionally reserved Jan finds himself oddly cast as a mentor to Gil in having to prepare the sensitive boy for life with his cousins in Florida after his grandmother's death.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

95 mins

Rating

5.8/10

Release Date

01 January 2006

Country

Cast

Charles Busch

Charles Busch

Jan

Polly Bergen

Polly Bergen

Mrs. A

P.J. Verhoest

P.J. Verhoest

Gil

Dana Ivey

Dana Ivey

Betty

Carmen Pelaez

Carmen Pelaez

Terry

Becky London

Becky London

Mrs. Kupchunas

Marvin Einhorn

Marvin Einhorn

Mr. Horowitz

Jonathan Ospa

Jonathan Ospa

Travis

Ben Roberts

Ben Roberts

Waiter

Heather Schacht

Heather Schacht

Little Girl

J. Smith-Cameron

J. Smith-Cameron

Carol

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