POUNDCAKE Narrative Competition

This dysfunctional family comedy with heart stars Academy Award nominee Kathleen Quinlan and Jay O. Sanders and takes place in Buffalo, NY, in the late ’80s . On the night before Thanksgiving, Cliff and Carol Morgan gather their three grown children-Robby, a late-night radio DJ, his hypochondriac younger brother Charlie and their adopted sister Brooke-at their favorite Chinese restaurant, the Golden Buddha, to announce that, after 30 years, they’ll be getting o divorce . Now they must spend what may be their lost Thanksgiving together as a family, in as civilized a manner as possible. The family antics in POUNDCAKE are alternately outrageous and disturbing, but at all times mesmerizing. A fiercely original script written by actors Troy Hall and Kevin Logie (who portray the adult brothers), is the root of this dark, outrageous, hilarious exploration how one impending divorce con affect every element of family life. POUNDCAKE pushes the family reunion film into a hysterical, emotional free-fall Director Rafael Monserrate lets the action play out like the finale of an insane symphony, controlling the underlying fever with just the right amount of restraint. The pitch perfect performances of the ensemble cost help make this outrageous, of times disturbing, but always mesmerizing comedy.