Movie: A Very Serious Person

Top 10 Billed Cast

P.J. Verhoest
P.J. Verhoest

Gil

Dana Ivey
Dana Ivey

Betty

Polly Bergen
Polly Bergen

Mrs. A

Carmen Pelaez
Carmen Pelaez

Terry

Charles Busch
Charles Busch

Jan

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

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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.

  • Release Date

    2006-01-01

  • Average

    5.8

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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