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Trust

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Trust (1990)
ComedyCrimeDrama
After being thrown out of her house, Maria encounters a married woman who complains of not having children. Maria ends up in an abandoned house, where she meets Matthew. When a baby is kidna... Read allAfter being thrown out of her house, Maria encounters a married woman who complains of not having children. Maria ends up in an abandoned house, where she meets Matthew. When a baby is kidnapped Maria sets out to find the woman.After being thrown out of her house, Maria encounters a married woman who complains of not having children. Maria ends up in an abandoned house, where she meets Matthew. When a baby is kidnapped Maria sets out to find the woman.
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    • Hal Hartley
    • Hal Hartley
  • Stars
    • Adrienne Shelly
    • Martin Donovan
    • Rebecca Nelson
    • Hal Hartley
    • Hal Hartley
  • Stars
    • Adrienne Shelly
    • Martin Donovan
    • Rebecca Nelson
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    • 60User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
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    Trust (1990)
    Trust (1990)
    Trust (1990)
    Martin Donovan and Adrienne Shelly in Trust (1990)
    Martin Donovan and Adrienne Shelly in Trust (1990)
    Adrienne Shelly in Trust (1990)
    Martin Donovan and Rebecca Nelson in Trust (1990)
    Martin Donovan and Adrienne Shelly in Trust (1990)
    Adrienne Shelly in Trust (1990)
    Edie Falco and Rebecca Nelson in Trust (1990)
    Martin Donovan and Adrienne Shelly in Trust (1990)
    Edie Falco, Chris Cooke, Bea Delizio, Martin Donovan, Nick Gomez, The Great Outdoors, Jeff Howard, Matt Malloy, Pathena Parish, Bill Sage, Gary Sauer, Adrienne Shelly, Jean Kay Sifford, Michael Spiller, Bruce Weiss, and Scott Robinson in Trust (1990)

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    Adrienne Shelly
    Adrienne Shelly
    • Maria Coughlin
    Martin Donovan
    Martin Donovan
    • Matthew Slaughter
    Rebecca Nelson
    • Jean Coughlin
    • (as Merritt Nelson)
    John MacKay
    • Jim Slaughter
    Edie Falco
    Edie Falco
    • Peg Coughlin
    Gary Sauer
    Gary Sauer
    • Anthony
    Matt Malloy
    Matt Malloy
    • Ed
    Suzanne Costollos
    • Rachel
    Jeff Howard
    Jeff Howard
    • Robert
    Karen Sillas
    Karen Sillas
    • Nurse Paine
    Tom Thon
    Tom Thon
    • Deli Man
    Hannah Sullivan
    • Ruark Boss
    • (as Patricia Sullivan)
    Marko Hunt
    • John Coughlin
    Kathryn Mederos
    • Factory Woman
    Bill Sage
    Bill Sage
    • John Bill
    Julie Kessler
    Julie Kessler
    • Biker Mom
    • (as Julie Sukman)
    Robby Anderson
    • Joey Blech
    Chris Cooke
    Chris Cooke
    • Diner Guy
      • Hal Hartley
      • Hal Hartley
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    • Trivia
      In an interview, Hal Hartley once explained that he made the movie on the spur of the moment because he wanted to work with Shelly again immediately after making The Unbelievable Truth (1989), so he had very little money and very little time. The movie was shot in 11 days. The reason he could do that, he said, was because so much of the direction was implied in the dialogue. The dialogue pretty much told the actors what to do.
    • Quotes

      Maria: Not because you love me or anything like that?

      Matthew: I respect and admire you.

      Maria: Is that love?

      Matthew: No, that's respect and admiration.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: V.I. Warshawski/Trust/Life Stinks/Mobsters/Slacker (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      Walk Away
      Written by Hub Moore
      Performed by The Great Outdoors

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    Hal Hartley's signature film
    TRUST (1990) *** Adrienne Shelly and Martin Donovan shine as a pregnant, naive teen who is befriended by troubled loner-type, respectively, in this sharply written satire/black comedy/and at times gimmicky bloodless acting (but that's also the warped appeal) that brings into question the monotony of dreary jobs, thankless relationships and bad parenting. Directed by Hal Hartley in his signature solemnity.
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    • george.schmidt
    • Apr 23, 2003

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    • Release date
      • September 20, 1991 (United Kingdom)
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Channel Four Films
      • Republic Pictures (II)
      • True Fiction Pictures
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    • 1 hour 47 minutes
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