Directed by:
Todd SolondzScreenplay:
Todd SolondzCinematography:
Frederick ElmesComposer:
Nathan LarsonCast:
Selma Blair, Leo Fitzpatrick, Robert Wisdom, Maria Thayer, Angela Goethals, Aleksa Palladino, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Paul Giamatti, Xander Berkeley, Mark Webber (more)Plots(1)
Director Todd Solondz presents this characteristically bleak and darkly comic drama in two distinct parts. The first story, "Fiction" stars Selma Blair as Vi, a confused university student who engages in an impulsive tryst with her Pulitzer Prize-winning professor (Robert Wisdom) after arguing with her cerebral palsy-afflicted boyfriend (Leo Fitzpatrick). The second (and longer) tale, "Non-Fiction," stars Paul Giamatti as Toby, a down-on-his-luck documentary filmmaker who turns his camera on Scooby (Mark Webber), an unmotivated teenager, and his suburban New Jersey family. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Selma Blair
USA
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Leo Fitzpatrick
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Robert Wisdom
USA
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Maria Thayer
USA
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Angela Goethals
USA
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Jerry Maguire (1996)
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Aleksa Palladino
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Mary Lynn Rajskub
USA
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Paul Giamatti
USA
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Xander Berkeley
USA
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Mark Webber
USA
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John Goodman
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Julie Hagerty
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Noah Fleiss
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Lupe Ontiveros
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Steve Railsback
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Franka Potente
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Conan O'Brien
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Jennifer Elise Cox
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Tina Holmes
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Steve Rosen
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