Cloudburst



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Rating: NR
Length: 93 minutes
Year: 2011
Actors: Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker, Kristin Booth, Ryan Doucette


The Grand proudly presents CLOUDBURST in cooperation with Tacoma's Pride Week!


*Join us for a discussion following the evening showing, facilitator TBA.* 


Oscar®-winning actresses Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker star as Stella and Dot, an aging couple who escape from a nursing home in Maine and drive to Nova Scotia on a quest to be legally married. Stella and Dot have been together for 31 years and have faithfully accompanied one another through life's ups and downs. Now in their seventies, Stella is hard of hearing and Dot is legally blind. Dotty's prudish granddaughter, Molly, decides the best place for Dot is a nursing home that will provide all the necessities. This forces Stella and Dot to make a bold decision: they will leave their hometown and make their way to Canada, where same-sex marriage is legal. It's a last-gap bid to stay together. En route to Canada, they pick up a young hitchhiker, Prentice, played by newcomer Ryan Doucette. A small-town boy turned modern dancer, he is returning to Nova Scotia to visit his dying mother. Despite his bravado, Prentice is a confused and wounded soul who has much to learn from Stella and Dot as they wage their own unexpected battle – after three decades, can they keep their family together?


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