Beginners
- language: English French
- director: Mike Mills
- actor: Algerita Wynn Lewis Amanda Payton Bruce French Catherine McGoohan China Shavers Christopher Plummer Ewan McGregor Goran Visnjic Jennifer Hasty Jennifer Lauren Grant Jodi Long Jose Yenque June Saunders Kai Lennox Keegan Boos Lana Young Leslie Shea Lou Taylor Pucci Luke Dilberto Mary Page Keller Mélanie Laurent Melissa Tang Michael Chieffo Patrick L. Birkett Rafael J. Noble Regine Redwing Reynaldo Pacheco Rodney Saulsberry Sabera Wise Sunday Burke Terry Walters
- writer: Mike Mills
Synopsis:
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.
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