FILM REVIEW
House of D
Director: David Duchovny
Cast: Anton Yelchin, Tea Leoni,
David Duchovny, Robin Williams
Classification: 13
Running Time: 95 min
Opens On: 4 Nov 2005
An American artist living a bohemian existence in
Paris, Tom Warshaw (David Duchovny) is trying to make sense of his
troubled adult life by reflecting upon his extraordinary childhood... The
year is 1973, and 13-year-old Greenwich Village native Tommy Warshaw
(Anton Yelchin) is on the brink of becoming a man.
While his bereaved single mother (Téa Leoni)
continues to mourn the death of his father, Tommy escapes his own grief by
causing trouble at school and making afternoon meat deliveries with his
best friend Pappas (Robin Williams), a mentally challenged janitor.
Following the romantic advice offered by Lady (Erykah Badu) --
incarcerated in the infamous Greenwich Village Women's House of Detention
for shadowy reasons -- Tommy even experiences his first taste of love. Yet
when an unexpected tragedy radically alters his world, Tommy must make a
life-defining choice -- one that will compel the adult Tom Warshaw, 30
years later, to confront his unfinished past.
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