Dirty Little Secret (2022)
17 year-old Lucy who has been painfully isolated from her peers for years, refusing to let anyone near her house in order to hide her family secret – the overwhelming mountain of items filled in every crevice of space in her home. She quietly plans her escape to college while managing her mother Joanna’s hoarding disorder. Outwardly, a highly functioning nurse, Joanna maintains the dysfunction in their home with an obsessive grip but after a tragedy, Lucy must decide if she will hide her mother’s secret, or expose it to the world.
Director: Linda-Lisa Hayter
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Melissa Joan Hart as Joanna |
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Lizzie Boys as Lucy |
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Meghan Gardiner as Aunt Jean |
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Wern Lee as Josh |
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Pavia Sidhu as Kaylie |
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Caitlin Stryker as Counselor Miranda |
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Edward Foy as Drew |
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Lily Yawson as Nurse Nadine |
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Samantha Hodhod as Sara |
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Hudsynn Grace Kennedy as Young Sara |
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Blake McIntyre as Young Phil |
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Joliana Francisco as Young Lucy |
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Cheryl Mullen as Mrs. Ray |
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Marc-Anthony Massiah as Mr. Duran |
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Samuel Braun as Phil |
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Forrest Anthony as Ethan |
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Jim Ewens as Dominic Hill |
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Sean Kuling as Michael |
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Devinder Dillon as Man in White Apron |
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Angie Chen as Virginia |
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Michael Meneer as Reporter |
| Writing | Nancey Silvers | Writer |
| Writing | Doris Egan | Writer |
| Directing | Linda-Lisa Hayter | Director |
| Editing | Mauri Bernstein | Editor |
| Camera | Pieter Stathis | Director of Photography |
| Production | Linda Berman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Navid Soofi | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kathleen Fowlstone | Makeup Department Head |
| Sound | Red Janes | Music |