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Boundaries

Boundaries

With every road trip comes baggage

20185.61h 45m

Overview

Single mom Laura, along with her awkward 14 year-old son Henry is forced to drive Jack, her estranged, care-free pot dealing father across country after he's kicked out of yet another nursing home.

Directed by Shana Feste
Written by Shana Feste
Produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Chris Ferguson
Box Office0Revenue: $557K

Top Cast

Vera Farmiga

Vera Farmiga

Laura Jaconi

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Jack Jaconi

Lewis MacDougall

Lewis MacDougall

Henry

Bobby Cannavale

Bobby Cannavale

Leonard

Kristen Schaal

Kristen Schaal

JoJo Jaconi

Dolly Wells

Dolly Wells

Sofia

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Serge

Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd

Stanley

Peter Fonda

Peter Fonda

Joey

Ryan Robbins

Ryan Robbins

Jim

Themes & Keywords

road tripfamily relationshipsmarijuanaestranged fatherstray dogadmiringadoringamusedappreciativeenchant

About Boundaries

Boundaries is a comedy, drama film released in 2018 exploring themes of road trip, family relationships, marijuana, estranged father, stray dog, admiring. Directed by Shana Feste, it stars Vera Farmiga, Christopher Plummer, Lewis MacDougall. Single mom Laura, along with her awkward 14 year-old son Henry is forced to drive Jack, her estranged, care-free pot dealing father across country after he's kicked out of yet another nursing home.

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