Benny & Joon

United States, 1993

Film
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Benny runs a car repair shop and also look after his mentally ill sister, Joon, who tends to create disturbances when left unattended. After Joon suffers a losing night of poker, Benny must also take in Sam, a friend’s cousin, who has his own share of erratic personality traits. Not surprisingly, Sam and Joon immediately hit it off. As they fall deeper in love, Benny must deal with new feelings of jealousy and of not being needed so much by his sister. Cast includes: Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, Julianne Moore and Oliver Platt.

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Credits

director

Jerremiah Chechik

co-producer

Donna Roth

Susan Arnold

production company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Duration

01:34:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1993

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