Movie: Sitting on the Edge of Marlene

Top 6 Billed Cast

Suzanne Clément
Suzanne Clément

Paloma Kwiatkowski
Paloma Kwiatkowski

Callum Keith Rennie
Callum Keith Rennie

Fast Freddy

Dakota Daulby
Dakota Daulby

Matt Ellis
Matt Ellis

Alessandro Miro
Alessandro Miro

Bruce

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    SITTING ON THE EDGE OF MARLENE is a darkly comedic feature film drama that centers on a mother-daughter con artist duo. An adaptation of the Billie Livingston novella titled The Trouble With Marlene, it is a bittersweet and emotional journey that deals with dysfunction, love and addiction and ends with an unusual deliverance for the compelling mother and daughter duo.

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    2014-09-15

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    4.9

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