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Cause and Effect

198811mMovie

Ordinary people of both sexes, and of varying ages, races and ethnicities, tell stories that sound familiar. But each is a construct to plumb reality in a considered, theoretical, and, ultimately, playful fashion, as Delson continues the…

DirectorSusan Delson
WriterSusan Delson
ProducersTodd Haynes·Barry Ellsworth

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Cast · Directed by Susan Delson

CE
Chip Elitzer
JB
John Beyer
AB
Anthony Buonanno
AC
Alexander Chandler
EC
Ellen Agree Chandler
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Noel Dennis
JE
Jeff Ehrlich
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Marti Grant
MH
Marc Hacker
CL
Carminia Di Lone
RP
Rita Popkin
MR
Mark L. Roberts

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