Trust is a 1990 American romantic black comedy film written and directed by Hal Hartley and starring Adrienne Shelly and Martin Donovan.[2][3] Two young misfits, both in emotional shock, meet in a Long Island town and through trials develop a platonic relationship based on mutual attraction and trust.
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Directed by | Hal Hartley |
Written by | Hal Hartley |
Produced by | Bruce Weiss Hal Hartley |
Starring | Adrienne Shelly Martin Donovan Edie Falco |
Cinematography | Michael Spiller |
Edited by | Nick Gomez |
Music by | Philip Reed |
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Distributed by | Fine Line Features |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | United States |
Budget | £610,000[1] |
When naïve and unbookish Maria announced to her family that she had dropped out of high school because of an unplanned pregnancy, her father died of heart failure, her mother kicked her out, and her boyfriend broke up with her. She meets Matthew, a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman who keeps losing jobs through inability to accept the views of employers and customers. He offers her a room in the house of his sadistic father, who kicks both of them out. Braving the wrath of her ferocious mother, Maria then goes home with Matthew who, though they never do more than kiss, offers to get a good job, marry her, and bring up her child. But it is not to be. Matthew's father and Maria's mother both try to destroy the innocent relationship and the young people both crack under the strain. Maria has an abortion and Matthew, in despair, tries to blow himself up at the plant where he works. Maria's last sight of him is in a police car as he is driven away.
The film premiered at the Toronto Festival of Festivals on September 9, 1990 and was released in theatres on July 26, 1991.
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