Trust (1990) is a dark romantic comedy starring Adrienne Shelly and Martin Donovan. It is the second feature film from writer/director Hal Hartley.
Trust concerns the unusual romance/friendship between two young misfits wandering the same Long Island town. When Maria (Shelly), a recent high school dropout, announces her unplanned pregnancy to her family, her father dies of heart failure, her mother immediately evicts her from the household and he...
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Trust (1990) is a dark romantic comedy starring Adrienne Shelly and Martin Donovan. It is the second feature film from writer/director Hal Hartley.
Trust concerns the unusual romance/friendship between two young misfits wandering the same Long Island town. When Maria (Shelly), a recent high school dropout, announces her unplanned pregnancy to her family, her father dies of heart failure, her mother immediately evicts her from the household and her boyfriend breaks up with her. Lonely and with nowhere to go, Maria wanders her town in search of a place to stay. Along the way, she meets Matthew (Donovan), a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman. Martin was recently fired from his job repairing computers after protesting the mediocrity of his company's products. The two begin an unusual and curiously asexual romance built on their sense of mutual identification and trust. The lovers' families continue to interfere with their fragile and largely conceptual relationship....
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