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Splendor

Splendor

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19996.11h 33m

Overview

Veronica is a white-bread beauty searching for a good man in Los Angeles. While slam dancing at a Halloween rave, she meets Abel, a sensitive poet. Then she meets Zed, a supersexy tattooed drummer with incredible biceps. Who will she choose? Does she go for true love or cheap sex? She can't decide so she chooses both. But after managing to nurture a picture-perfect threesome, along comes Ernest, a rich movie director with deep baby blues that sweep Veronica off her feet. What's a girl to do now?

Directed by Gregg Araki
Written by Gregg Araki
Produced by Graham Broadbent, Damian Jones, Brian Bays
Box Office0Revenue: $46K

Top Cast

Kathleen Robertson

Kathleen Robertson

Veronica

Johnathon Schaech

Johnathon Schaech

Abel

Matt Keeslar

Matt Keeslar

Zed

Kelly Macdonald

Kelly Macdonald

Mike

Eric Mabius

Eric Mabius

Ernest

D

Dan Gatto

Mutt

Linda Kim

Linda Kim

Alison

Audrey Ruttan

Audrey Ruttan

The Gloved One

Nathan Bexton

Nathan Bexton

Waiter

A

Amy Stevens

Nana Kitty Cat

Themes & Keywords

menage a trois

About Splendor

Splendor is a comedy, romance film released in 1999 exploring themes of menage a trois. Directed by Gregg Araki, it stars Kathleen Robertson, Johnathon Schaech, Matt Keeslar. Veronica is a white-bread beauty searching for a good man in Los Angeles. While slam dancing at a Halloween rave, she meets Abel, a sensitive poet. Then she meets Zed, a supersexy tattooed drummer with incredible biceps. Who will she choose? Does she go for true love or cheap sex? She can't decide so she chooses both. But after managing to nurture a picture-perfect threesome, along comes Ernest, a rich movie director with deep baby blues that sweep Veronica off her feet. What's a girl to do now?

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