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Strange Thing About the Johnsons (The)

Country: United States, Language: English, 28 mins

  • Director: Ari Aster
  • Writer: Ari Aster
  • Producer: Alejandro De Leon

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The Johnsons are an attractive, well-to-do, upper-middle class family. Sidney, husband and father, is a famous poet, known and adored for his kindness and sensitivity. Joan, wife and mother, is a dutiful housewife, an obsessive homemaker and the life of every party. Their son, Isaiah, is a charismatic young man who has just gotten married to an equally appealing young woman. In fact, there is only thing that separates the Johnsons from their charming friends and neighbors: Isaiah, the son, has been molesting Sidney, the father, since he was twelve years old. And what's more, Sidney has written a memoir that chronicles, in great detail, the ins-and-outs of this unseemly father-son relationship. Will the manuscript ever see the light of day, or will young Isaiah have a thing or two to say about it?

THE STRANGE THING ABOUT THE JOHNSONS is a dark satire of the domestic melodrama, which asks "What if...?" and then, for some reason, comes up with an answer.


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The Strange Thing About The Johnsons from Normal Content on Vimeo.

Cast & Characters

Billy Mayo (as Sidney)
Brandon Greenhouse (as Isaiah)
Angela Bullock (as Joan)
Danièle Watts (as Marianne (as Daniele Watts))
Carlon Jeffery (as Young Isaiah)
John C. Johnson (as Mr. McGill)
Reatha Grey (as Mrs. Freeman)
Connie Jackson (as Grace)
Stanley Bennett Clay (as Howard)
Casey Desmond (as Howie)
Anna Jean (as Girl After Party)
Matt Baker (as Truck Driver)
Matthew McCray (as Portrait Photographer)
Kay Benjamin (as Party Guest)
Mark Campbell (as Party Guest)
Donald R. Dinkins (as Party Guest)
Amanda Mueklenkamp (as Party Guest)
Patricia Portis (as Party Guest (as Pat Portis))