Directed by:
Mary Stuart MastersonCinematography:
Peter MastersonCast:
Jayce Bartok, Kristen Stewart, Aaron Stanford, Elizabeth Ashley, Tom Cavanagh, Miriam Shor, Bruce Dern, Talia Balsam, Jesse L. Martin, Melissa Leo (more)Plots(1)
Living in rural America, The Kimbrough family is a normally odd bunch; Easy, the patriarch, owns a butcher shop and finds himself grieving over the loss of his wife, Ceci, while hiding a secret ongoing relationship for years; Beagle, his youngest son who was left to care for his ailing mother, works in the local high school cafeteria by day but has a burning passion inside that manifests itself through painting street signs; and the eldest son, Guy, has been away pursuing his musical aspirations. Upon Guy’s return home, the complex nature of each character unravels; Beagle’s pent up emotions connect with Georgia Kaminski, a terminally ill teenage girl wanting to experience love before it’s too late; Easy’s long time affair with Marg, Georgia’s eccentric grandmother, is exposed to the Kimbrough family; and Guy discovers that, in his absence, his high school sweetheart, Stephanie, has moved on and started a family of her own. Through it all, The Kimbroughs and Kaminski’s manage to establish a new beginning in the face of their greatest fears; truthfulness, intimacy, the afterlife, and family. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jayce Bartok
USA
Best movies:
When They See Us (2019) (series)
Swing Kids (1993)
The Fisher King (1991)
Kristen Stewart
USA
Best movies:
Into the Wild (2007)
Still Alice (2014)
Speak (2004)
Aaron Stanford
USA
Best movies:
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
X-Men 2 (2003)
25th Hour (2002)
Elizabeth Ashley
USA
Best movies:
Happiness (1998)
Mallrats (1995)
Split Image (1982)
Tom Cavanagh
Canada
Best movies:
Bang, Bang, You're Dead (2002) (TV movie)
The Cake Eaters (2007)
Breakfast with Scot (2007)
Miriam Shor
USA
Best movies:
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Mildred Pierce (2011) (series)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Bruce Dern
USA
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Coming Home (1978)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Talia Balsam
USA
Best movies:
Mass Appeal (1984)
The Cake Eaters (2007)
Conviction (2010)
Jesse L. Martin
USA
Best movies:
A Christmas Carol (2004) (TV movie)
Rent (2005)
The Cake Eaters (2007)
Melissa Leo
USA
Best movies:
Prisoners (2013)
21 Grams (2003)
Mildred Pierce (2011) (series)
Lucas Papaelias
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (2008) (theatrical recording)
The Cake Eaters (2007)
School of Rock (2003)
Devin Ratray
USA
Best movies:
Home Alone (1990)
Nebraska (2013)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Marylouise Burke
USA
Best movies:
Meet Joe Black (1998)
The Cake Eaters (2007)
Sideways (2004)
Nicole Signore
Best movies:
The Cake Eaters (2007)
Ted (2012)
The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
Zoe Hunter
USA
Best movies:
The Cake Eaters (2007)
Inside a Skinhead (2001)
Cold in July (2014)
E.J. Carroll
Best movies:
The Wrestler (2008)
The Cake Eaters (2007)
Everybody's Fine (2009)
Conor Romero
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
The Cake Eaters (2007)
Elizabeth Van Meter
Best movies:
The Cake Eaters (2007)
Elisa Key
USA
Best movies:
The Cake Eaters (2007)
School of Rock (2003)
Montana (1998)