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The Reception is a american film released in USA on 23 april 2005 with Darien Sills-Evans
The Reception (2005)
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Add to a movie listThe Reception is 2005 feature film by American director John G. Young who wrote and directed the movie.
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It is a drama set in wintry upstate New York. Hoping to cash in on an inheritance, Sierra (Margaret Burkwit) and her husband Andrew (Darien Sills-Evans) arrive at her mother's Jeannette's home only to discover resentful Jeannette (played by Pamela Holden Stewart) and her companion, the African-American artist Martin (Wayne Lamont Sims). Because the gay Martin is unable to satisfy her sexually, Jeannette takes to embarrassing him whenever she's drunk, yet Martin takes the abuse in strides.Actors
Darien Sills-Evans
(Andrew)
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