Unstrung Heroes (1995)

Directors

Diane Keaton

Cast

Andie MacDowell, John Turturro, Michael Richards, Maury Chaykin, Anne De Salvo, Celia Weston, Jack McGee

The story

When young Steven's mother Selma is diagnosed with ovarian cancer and becomes increasingly ill, his eccentric and emotionally distant inventor father Sid — despite deep reservations — allows him to live with his dysfunctional uncles, compulsive hoarder Arthur and delusional paranoid Danny, in their cluttered apartment in the rundown King Edward Hotel. The two nickname the boy Franz and help him cope with his emotions by teaching him to value his own uniqueness. Learning from the pair that art always survives even though hope and science may fail Franz secretly begins to create a memorial to his mother before she dies, filling a box with…

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