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Lena's Dance

Country: United States, Language: English, 20 mins

  • Director: William Clift
  • Writer: William Clift, Michael Sean McHale
  • Producer: Robert Burlingham, William Clift, Michael Sean McHale

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Based on the heartfelt true story of two people, generations apart, 16 year old Michael, a gay high school student and 98 year old Lena, who lives at the nursing home where Michael works part time, (just outside of Boston, MA) who serendipitously end up transforming each others lives forever after an unexpected encounter at the nursing home one late evening.


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Cast & Characters

Dee Wallace (as Lena Swain)
Jon Slajer (as Michael Hennessey)
Lola Rae Crist (as Young Lena)
Maggie Egan (as Michael's Mom)
Melinda Chilton (as Head Nurse Ellen Sue Nixon)
Michael Sean McHale (as Nurse Bruce Garvey / Piano Man)
Andy Goldberg (as Jonathan Swain)
Barbera Ann Howard (as Ruth Bragel)
Josie Timmerman (as Kim Malone)
Mike Pingel (as Joey Starble)
Dora the Explorer the Pug (as Dora the Pug)