''Who We Are Now'' is a 2017 American
drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...
film directed and written by
Matthew Newton and starring
Julianne Nicholson,
Emma Roberts, and
Zachary Quinto.
It screened in the Special Presentations section at the
2017 Toronto International Film Festival
The 42nd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 7 to 17 September 2017. There were fourteen programmes, with the Vanguard and City to City programmes both being retired from previous years, with the total number of films down b ...
.
Premise
One year after being released from prison for manslaughter, a young woman finds herself represented by a bright, young public defense lawyer in an attempt to get custody of her son back.
Cast
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Julianne Nicholson as Beth
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Emma Roberts as Jess
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Zachary Quinto as Peter
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Jimmy Smits
Jimmy L. Smits (born July 9, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for playing attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s-1990s legal drama ''L.A. Law'', NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s-2000s police drama '' NYPD Blue'', Matt Santos ...
as Carl
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Jess Weixler
Jess Weixler (born ) is an American actress. She played Dawn O'Keefe in the comedy-horror film ''Teeth'' and Jordan in the comedy ''The Big Bad Swim''.
Early life
Weixler graduated in 1999 from Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky, wh ...
as Gabby
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Lea Thompson as Alana
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Jason Biggs as Vince
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Gloria Reuben
Gloria Elizabeth Reuben is a Canadian-American actress, producer, and singer. She is well-known for her role as Jeanie Boulet on the medical drama ''ER (TV series), ER'' (1995–1999, 2008), for which she was twice nominated for an Emmy Award, a ...
as Rebecca
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E.J. Ann as Lu Lin
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Ray Bouderau as Ray in the Salon
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Carly Brooke as Felicity
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Myrna Cabello as Guard
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Katherine Dickson as Actress
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Katie Eichler as Kelly
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Bruce Faulk as Bruce
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Mark C. Fullhardt as Lawyer
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Olli Haaskivi
Olli Haaskivi is a Finnish-American actor.
Early life and family
He was born in Cleveland, Ohio where his father, Finnish soccer player Kai Haaskivi, was playing for the Cleveland Force (1978–1988), Cleveland Force. When Haaskivi was 8, the fami ...
as Kevin
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Samantha Hill as Monica
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Sarah Ito as Nail Salon Patron
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Jo Mei as Mina
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Oscar Pavlo as Man At The Bar
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Torun Esmaeili as Girl At The Bar
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Camila Perez
Camila is the Portuguese and Spanish form of the given name ''Camilla'' and may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Camila'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela from 1998
* ''Camila'' (film), a 1984 Argentine film by María Luisa Bemberg
Music
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as Maria
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Alexa Petito as School Girl Running Down The Hall / Extra
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Luke Rosen as George
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Sarah Schenkkan as Lisa
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Isreal McKinney Scott as Isreal (Father in Law Firm)
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Shayan Shojaee as Prosecutor
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Logan Smith as Alec
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Grant Shaud as Judge
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Stephanie March as Emma
References
External links
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2017 drama films
2017 films
American drama films
Films directed by Matthew Newton
2010s English-language films
2010s American films
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