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A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.


After returning to her childhood home, young nun Colleen finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth and metal posters. Her parents are happy enough to see her, but her brother is living as a recluse in the guesthouse since returning home from the Iraq war.

Addison Timlin
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Little Sister is a comedy, drama film released in 2016. Directed by Zach Clark, it stars Addison Timlin, Ally Sheedy, Keith Poulson. After returning to her childhood home, young nun Colleen finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth and metal posters. Her parents are happy enough to see her, but her brother is living as a recluse in the guesthouse since returning home from the Iraq war.
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