• Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Psychological Drama, Ensemble Film
• Themes: Mothers and Sons, Femmes Fatales, Dangerous Attraction
• Director: Mario Van Peebles
• Main Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Lesley Ann Warren, Daniel Baldwin, Donovan Leitch, Alexis Arquette
• Release Year: 1998
• Country: US
• Run Time: 97 minutes

Plot

New Age masseur Poe Finklestein (Mario Van Peebles) has an appointment at the posh estate of widow Evelyn Heiss (Lesley Ann Warren), who lives with her gay stepson Dominique (Donovan Leitch) and her sister-in-law Alena Heiss (Louise Fletcher). The gardener (Melvin Van Peebles) is a bystander observing the con games, betrayals and schemes unleashed in this dysfunctional household. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Mario Van Peebles - Poe Finklestein
• Lesley Ann Warren - Evelyn Heiss
• Daniel Baldwin - Danny Tucker
• Donovan Leitch - Dominique
• Alexis Arquette - James

Louise Fletcher - Alena Heiss; Loretta Devine - Sylvia Finklestein; Melvin Van Peebles - Abel; Susan Ruttan - Lela; Lucy Liu

Credit

Mario Van Peebles - Director; Mario Van Peebles - Producer; Mario Van Peebles - Screenwriter; Mark Buntzman - Producer; Tobie Haggerty - Casting; Tobie Haggerty - Executive Producer; George Mooradian - Cinematographer; Whitney Brooke Wheeler - Production Designer; Edward R. Abroms - Editor; David Buntzman - Executive Producer; Andrew Sugerman - Executive Producer; Deborah Waknin - Costume Designer

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