The Beans of Egypt, Maine

Overview

The Beans are poor, proud, hated by all, but alive in the sense that they struggle against their lot and support each other in time of trouble. Earlene lives across the street from the Bean's trailer, and the view from her window is better than any daytime television soap opera; especially Beal Bean, and especially Beal Bean shirtless. When Reuben Bean is sent to prison for resisting arrest for out-of-season deer hunting, Beal takes up with Reuben's woman Roberta. He also has a child by Earlene, with a triangle of sex complicated by poverty.

Directed by Jennifer Warren

Top cast

Martha Plimpton

Earlene Pomerleau

Kelly Lynch

Roberta Bean

Rutger Hauer

Rueben Bean

Patrick McGaw

Beal Bean

Jennifer Warren

Cop #1

Jeff Steitzer

Warren Olsen

Richard Sanders

L

Lance Robinson

A

Ariana Lamon-Anderson

Michael MacRae

J

James Gervasi

S

Sue Ann Gilfillan

S

Susanna Burney

M

Marjorie Nelson

J

Jim Chiros

Gary Taylor

P

Paul Hostetler

Dennis Bateman

M

Michael Patten

W

Wren Walker

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