Summary:
Part documentary, part narrative fiction, part home movie, and part acid trip. A psychedelic whirlwind of snapshots, Super-8 home movies, old answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, snippets of '80s pop culture, and dramatic reenactments to create an epic portrait of an American family travesty. The story begins in 2003 when Jonathan learns that his schizophrenic mother, Renee, has overdosed on her lithium medication. He is catapulted back into his real and horrifying family legacy of rape, abandonment, promiscuity, drug addiction, child abuse, and psychosis. As he grows up on camera, he finds the escapist balm of musical theater and B horror flicks and reconnects to life through a queer chosen family. Then a look into the future shows Jonathan as he confronts the symbiotic and almost unbearable love he shares with his beautiful and tragically damaged mother.
| Runtime: | 88 min |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | May 17, 2005 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Caouette | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Caouette | Written By |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Caouette | Himself |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Adolph Davis | Himself |
| Dagon James | Himself |
| David Leblanc | Himself |
| David Sanin Paz | Himself |
| Greg Ayres | Himself |
| Joshua Williams | Himself |
| Michael Cox | Guy Cussing In Short Film |
| Michael Mouton | Himself |
| Renee Leblanc | Herself |
| Rosemary Davis | Herself |
| Stacey Mowery | Herself |
| Steve Caouette | Himself |
| Vanda Stovall | Herself |
| Vivian Kalinov | Herself |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Gus Van Sant | Executive Producer |
| Jason Banker | Associate Producer |
| John Cameron Mitchell | Executive Producer |
| Jonathan Caouette | Producer |
| Marie Therese Guirgis | Executive Producer |
| Ryan Werner | Executive Producer |
| Stephen Winter | Producer |
| Vanessa Arteaga | Executive Producer |
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