A Very Serious Person
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{{Infobox film
| name = A Very Serious Person
| image= A Very Serious Person VideoCover.jpg
| caption =
| director = Charles Busch
| producer = Daryl Roth
Richard Guay
| writer = Charles Busch
Carl Andress
| narrator =
| starring = Polly Bergen
Charles Busch
Dana Ivey
Julie Halston
Carl Andress
P.J. Verhoest
| music = Andrew Sherman
| cinematography = Joseph Parlagreco
| editing = Frank Reynolds
| distributor = Wolfe Video
| released = {{Film date|2006|04|28}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
A Very Serious Person is a 2006 drama film directed by Charles Busch and starring Polly Bergen, Charles Busch, Dana Ivey, Julie Halston, Carl Andress, and P.J. Verhoest.
Plot
Jan (Charles Busch), an itinerant male nurse from Denmark, takes a new job with Mrs. A (Polly Bergen), a terminally ill Manhattan woman raising her parentless thirteen-year-old grandson, Gil (PJ Verhoest). Spending the summer by the shore, the emotionally reserved Jan finds himself oddly cast as a mentor to Gil in having to prepare the sensitive boy for life with his cousins in Florida after his grandmother's death. A deep friendship grows between these two solitary people. By the end of the summer, Gil has developed a new maturity and independence, while the enigmatic Jan has revealed his own vulnerability.[http://www.seriouspersonthemovie.com/ Web Site Unavailable] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224164550/http://www.seriouspersonthemovie.com/ |date=February 24, 2008 }}
Cast
| class="wikitable"
! Actor ! Role | |
| Polly Bergen | Mrs. A |
| Charles Busch | Jan |
| Dana Ivey | Betty |
| Julie Halston | Glenda |
| Carl Andress | Lee |
| P.J. Verhoest | Gil |
| J. Smith-Cameron | Carol |
| Mick Hazen | Dave |
| Eric Nelsen | Dan |
| Frank Senger | Handyman |
| Carmen Pelaez | Nurse Terry |
| Becky London | Mrs. Kupchunas |
| Marvin Einhorn | Mr. Horowitz |
| Jonathan Ospa | Travis |
| Ben Roberts | Waiter |
| Heather Schacht | Little Girl |
| Simon Fortin | Gilles |
| Judith Hawking | Maude |
| Alexa Eisenstein | Crystal |
| Kevin Scullin | Paramedic |
| John McNamara | Paramedic |
| Bunny Levine | Mrs. Nadel |
| Michael McCormick | Photo Vendor |
| Mark Richard Keith | Larry |
| Arnie Kolodner | Randy |
| William Charles Mitchell | Harvey |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080224164550/http://www.seriouspersonthemovie.com/ Movie's official website]
- {{IMDb title|id=0491223|title= A Very Serious Person}}
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Category:2000s teen drama films
Category:American teen LGBTQ-related films
Category:American teen drama films
Category:2000s LGBTQ-related drama films
Category:2006 LGBTQ-related films
Category:2000s English-language films
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