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The Unbelievable Truth
The Unbelievable Truth
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THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH

Directed by Hal Hartley
United States, 1989
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis

Beautiful college-bound Audrey, a young woman who is disturbingly preoccupied with the threat of nuclear destruction, falls in love with a handsome and mysterious ex-con who is rumored to have murdered the father of his high school sweetheart.

Synopsis

Beautiful college-bound Audrey, a young woman who is disturbingly preoccupied with the threat of nuclear destruction, falls in love with a handsome and mysterious ex-con who is rumored to have murdered the father of his high school sweetheart.

Our take

Charting a new generation lost amid the tides of corporate America, Hal Hartley’s witty, unpredictable debut hums with danger and mischief. The ennui of the Long Island suburb is peeled back to reveal a beguiling quotidian oddness, augmented by a star-making turn from the inimitable Adrienne Shelly.