A Family Thing
(1996)
★ 6.6 IMDb · 78 votes
Year: 1996
Runtime: 109 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Richard Pearce
Cast: Роберт Дюваль, Джеймс Эрл Джонс, Майкл Бич, Irma P. Hall, Грейс Забриски, Regina Taylor, Дэвид Кит, Ксандер Беркли, Jacqueline Williams, Mary Jackson
Plot
Earl Pilcher Jr. runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who died in childbirth; plus, he has a half brother Ray, in Chicago, she wants him to visit. Earl makes the trip, initially receiving a cold welcome from Ray and Ray's son, Virgil. His birth mother's sister, Aunt T., an aged and blind matriarch, takes Earl in tow and insists that the family open up to him.