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L.I.E, an Alter Ego/Belladonna production ; a film by Michael Cuesta ; written by Stephen M. Ryder, Michael Cuesta and Gerald Cuesta ; produced by Linda Moran, Rene Bastian and Michael Cuesta ; directed by Michael Cuesta

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L.I.E

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an Alter Ego/Belladonna production ; a film by Michael Cuesta ; written by Stephen M. Ryder, Michael Cuesta and Gerald Cuesta ; produced by Linda Moran, Rene Bastian and Michael Cuesta ; directed by Michael Cuesta

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Fifteen-year-old Howie loses just about everything and everyone in the space of a single week, but ends up finding himself in the process. His mother has just died. His father, a corrupt building contractor, can barely keep tabs on his young girlfriend, let alone his own son. Thusly, the teen must navigate his adolescence virtually unsupervised. Floating towards an ill-behaved existence, Howie and his crowd begin robbing houses in the middle-class neighborhoods off the Long Island Expressway. Together, he and his best friend Gary break into a place belonging to an old guy named Big John, a local man who is a respected pillar of the community. When Big John fingers Gary for the crime, Howie learns that his pal has been leading the secret, dangerous life of a gay hustler. Subsequently, we also discover that Big John is a pedophile

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