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Shy People
1987
Synopsis
Patricia, a New York journalist, travels deep into the Louisiana bayou with a view to meeting—and writing a story about—her distant cousin Ruth. Joined by her mutinous daughter, she finds that their shared family history is far darker and more mysterious than any magazine article could comprehend.
Editorial
Undead family crises rise out of the fog in this social drama–turned–Southern Gothic mystery, from Andrei Tarkovsky–collaborator Andrei Konchalovsky. Boasting a mesmeric turn from Barbara Hershey, Shy People takes a hard look at the swampy complexity of parental love and its most primal expressions.
