Dirty Little Secret (2022)
Overview
17 year-old Lucy who has been painfully isolated from her peers for years, refusing to let anyone near her house in order to hide her family secret – the overwhelming mountain of items filled in every crevice of space in her home. She quietly plans her escape to college while managing her mother Joanna’s hoarding disorder. Outwardly, a highly functioning nurse, Joanna maintains the dysfunction in their home with an obsessive grip but after a tragedy, Lucy must decide if she will hide her mother’s secret, or expose it to the world.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.551 |
Directed By
Linda-Lisa Hayter
Crew
Doris Egan
Nancey Silvers
Linda-Lisa Hayter
Linda Berman
Navid Soofi
Mauri Bernstein
Pieter Stathis
Kathleen Fowlstone
TOP CAST
Melissa Joan Hart
Joanna
Lizzie Boys
Lucy
Meghan Gardiner
Aunt Jean
Wern Lee
Josh
Pavia Sidhu
Kaylie
Caitlin Stryker
Counselor Miranda
Edward Foy
Drew
Lily Yawson
Nurse Nadine
Samantha Hodhod
Sara
Hudsynn Grace Kennedy
Young Sara
Blake McIntyre
Young Phil
Joliana Francisco
Young Lucy
Cheryl Mullen
Mrs. Ray
Marc-Anthony Massiah
Mr. Duran
Samuel Braun
Phil
Forrest Anthony
Ethan
Jim Ewens
Dominic Hill
Sean Kuling
Michael
Devinder Dillon
Man in White Apron
Angie Chen
Virginia
Michael Meneer
Reporter
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