A Very Serious Person

A Very Serious Person
Directed by	Charles Busch
Written by	Charles Busch Carl Andress
Produced by	Daryl Roth Richard Guay
Starring	Polly Bergen Charles Busch Dana Ivey Julie Halston Carl Andress P.J. Verhoest
Cinematography	Joseph Parlagreco
Edited by	Frank Reynolds
Music by	Andrew Sherman
Distributed by	Wolfe Video
Release date	April 28, 2006 (2006-04-28)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

A Very Serious Person is a 2006 drama film directed by Charles Busch and starring Polly Bergen, Charles Busch, Dana Ivey, Julie Halston, Carl Andress, and P.J. Verhoest.

Plot

Jan (Charles Busch), an itinerant male nurse from Denmark, takes a new job with Mrs. A (Polly Bergen), a terminally ill Manhattan woman raising her parentless thirteen-year-old grandson, Gil (PJ Verhoest). Spending the summer by the shore, the emotionally reserved Jan finds himself oddly cast as a mentor to Gil in having to prepare the sensitive boy for life with his cousins in Florida after his grandmother's death. A deep friendship grows between these two solitary people. By the end of the summer, Gil has developed a new maturity and independence, while the enigmatic Jan has revealed his own vulnerability. ^[1]

Cast

Actor	Role
Polly Bergen	Mrs. A
Charles Busch	Jan
Dana Ivey	Betty
Julie Halston	Glenda
Carl Andress	Lee
P.J. Verhoest	Gil
J. Smith-Cameron	Carol
Mick Hazen	Dave
Eric Nelsen	Dan
Frank Senger	Handyman
Carmen Pelaez	Nurse Terry
Becky London	Mrs. Kupchunas
Marvin Einhorn	Mr. Horowitz
Jonathan Ospa	Travis
Ben Roberts	Waiter
Heather Schacht	Little Girl
Simon Fortin	Gilles
Judith Hawking	Maude
Alexa Eisenstein	Crystal
Kevin Scullin	Paramedic
John McNamara	Paramedic
Bunny Levine	Mrs. Nadel
Michael McCormick	Photo Vendor
Mark Richard Keith	Larry
Arnie Kolodner	Randy
William Charles Mitchell	Harvey

References

1. Web Site Unavailable Archived February 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Movie's official website
• A Very Serious Person at IMDb