Acclaimed playwright Kenneth Lonergans You Can Count on Me is one of the most highly praised independent films of recent years, earning many of the major screenplay awards.This is the lovingly drawn story of a sister and brothers complicated, fragile, but somehow enduring bond. Sammy and Terry Prescott were orphaned as children. Sammy, now the single mother of a young son, has stayed in their hometown and is an officer at the local bank. Terry has become something of a drifter, surfacing only when he needs money. Sammys own life has its complications: she puts off an old boyfriends proposal and begins an affair with her new boss. Together in their family home, Terrys charming irresponsibility collides with Sammys confusion over her own actions. What remains unspoken is what theyve known since they were left with only each other sixteen years before.

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