Light and the Sufferer

4.0/1020081h 10mReleased

DramaScience Fiction

Realism and fantasy collide in Jonathan Lethem's genre-bending coming-of-age story, which follows two estranged brothers as they try to leave New York City for a new life in California only to find their plans--and lives--being forever changed by the appearance of a mysterious alien.

Released: Sep 9, 2008

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Paul Dano

Don (AKA: Light)

Michael Esper

Paul

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