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Original title

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons

Year

2011

Running time

28 min.

Country

United States

Director

Ari Aster

Screenwriter

Ari Aster

Cast

Music

Brendan Eder

Cinematography

Pawel Pogorzelski

Producer

AFI Conservatory

Genre

Drama. Comedy. Thriller | Black Comedy. Sexual Abuse. Family Relationships. Half-length Film

Synopsis

The Johnsons are an attractive, well-to-do, upper-middle class family. Sidney, husband and father, is a famous poet, known and adored for his kindness and sensitivity. Joan, wife and mother, is a dutiful housewife, an obsessive homemaker and the life of every party. Their son, Isaiah, is a charismatic young man who has just gotten married to an equally appealing young woman. In fact, there is only thing that separates the Johnsons from their charming friends and neighbors: Isaiah, the son, has been molesting by Sidney, his father, since he was twelve years old. And what's more, Sidney has written a memoir that chronicles, in great detail, the ins-and-outs of this unseemly father-son relationship. Will the manuscript ever see the light of day, or will young Isaiah have a thing or two to say about it?

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"An exercise in repression and endurance as we watch this family get pushed to their limits and witness the emotional damage that this secret does to all of them."

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