First Love, Last Rites (1997)
- Starring:
- Natasha Gregson Wagner, Giovanni Ribisi, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jesse Peretz
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Jesse Peretz made his directorial debut with this intimate romantic drama adapted from a short story by Ian McEwan, switching McEwan's setting from an industrial English seaside town to the Louisiana bayou. Joey (Giovanni Ribisi) and Sissel (Natasha Gregson Wagner) live in a drab house on stilts, along with Sissel's lonely younger brother Adrian (Eli Marienthal). After Sissel introduces Joey to her father, Vietnam-vet Henry (Robert John Burke), the two men form a business catching eels. However, mistrust, anxieties, and arguments threaten the love Joey and Sissel share, and they begin to drift apart. Shown at the 1997 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
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Complete Cast:
- Natasha Gregson Wagner - Sissel
- Eli Marienthal - Adrian
- Jeanetta Arnette - Sissel's Mom
- Giovanni Ribisi - Joey
- Robert Burke - Henry
- Director(s):
- Jesse Peretz
- Writer(s):
- David Ryan, Jesse Peretz
- Producer(s):
- Robin O'Hara, Herbert Beigel, Scott Macaulay
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations)
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- 1997 - Independent Spirit Awards - Producers Award
- 1997 - Independent Spirit Awards - Producers Award
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