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Prodigal Sons

2008 · 1h 26m · Documentary · Canada, United Kingdom

A brotherly rivalry between a man and a woman... and Orson Welles.

Filmmaker Kimberly Reed returns home for her high school reunion, ready to reintroduce herself to the small town as a transgender woman and hoping for reconciliation with her long-estranged adopted brother Marc. Things are complicated by the shocking revelation that Marc may be the grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth, forcing Kim and her family to explore questions of sexual orientation, identity, severe trauma and love.

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Kimberly Reed
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Kimberly Reed, Carol McKerrow, Marc McKerrow, Claire Jones
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