
Family Weekend(2013)
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.


“1995. When people were harder to reach.”
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

Jenny Slate
Dana Jacobs

Abby Quinn
Ali Jacobs

Edie Falco
Pat Jacobs

John Turturro
Alan Jacobs

Jay Duplass
Ben

Finn Wittrock
Nate

Marquis Rodriguez
Jed

Bobbi Salvör Menuez
Sophie

Amy Carlson
Carla

Jordan Carlos
Ravi
Landline is a comedy, drama film released in 2017. Directed by Gillian Robespierre, it stars Jenny Slate, Abby Quinn, Edie Falco. A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
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