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The Hungry Ghosts is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael Imperioli with Steve Schirripa
The Hungry Ghosts (2009)
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Add to a movie listThe Hungry Ghosts is a 2009 American dramatic film written and directed by Michael Imperioli. The film marked the directorial debut of Imperioli.
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Matthew (Emory Cohen) is a teenage boy in New York who has therapy together with his father Frank (Steve Schirripa), because of their troubled communication. The boy runs away during their session. Angela (Sharon Angela), his mother, is worried but Frank is more concerned with his radio show, and whether his techs got his vodka. He proceeds to use a great deal of cocaine as well before the show begins. Matthew goes to a park where a lot of homeless people are congregated, where he is picked up by a couple. They give him alcohol and drugs, after which the woman has sex with Matthew while the man watches.Actors
Steve Schirripa
(Frank)
Paul Calderon
(Carl)
Ajay Naidu
(Laurence)
Aunjanue Ellis
(Nadia)
Emory Cohen
(Matthew)
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