Hal Hartley was one of those independent filmmakers who made a mark in the 90s, and never went mainstream. His second film as writer-director, Trust is probably his best, a deadpan farce about family, class, and consumerism.
When Long Island high school drop-out Maria (Adrienne Shelly) announces she’s pregnant, her father drops dead on the spot — and her mother blames Maria. It’s only when she meets the strong, intense, dangerously sincere Matthew (Martin Donovan) that Maria begins to really think about her life.
A terse, furious, funny picture, written to within an inch of its life. It made something of a star of its tiny, feisty lead, Adrienne Shelly
A romantic mirage from the ruins of the 1990s American independent movement, which still has fans if no financiers… a treasure, an indelible document of misgivings and longing and fated love.
Ray Pride
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Hal Hartley
Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Merritt Nelson, Edie Falco, John MacKay
USA
1990
English
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Credits
Screenwriter
Hal Hartley
Cinematography
Michael Spiller
Editor
Nick Gomez
Original Music
Philip Reed
Production Design
Daniel Ouellette
Art Director
Julie Fabian
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