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Tormenting the Hen
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Tormenting the Hen

2017-04-28 · 77 min · ★ 5.8

Drama · Thriller

A lesbian couple experiences microaggressions at a workshop upstate. Claire and her fiancée Monica embark from the boisterous streets of New York City to the Berkshires, where Claire has been invited to stage her latest work at a rural theater company. While Claire's actors question her ability to write heterosexual dialogue, Monica encounters her own source of micro-aggression in the form of Mutty, the groundskeeper.

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Directors
Theodore Collatos
Production companies
Factory 25, Brokenhorse Films
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Josephine DeckerJosephine DeckerSarah
Dameka HayesDameka HayesClaire
Carolina MonneratMonica
Matthew ShawMutty
Dave MalinskyAdam
Brian Harlan BrooksJoel

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