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Furman Film Series: The Last Rites of Joe May

Joseph Maggio. USA, 2011, 103 min

Short-money hustler Joe May (Dennis Farina) is released from the hospital after a long illness. He returns to his old Chicago neighborhood to find his worldly possessions gone, and his apartment rented out to a single mother named Jenny and her eight year-old daughter. Joe reluctantly moves in with the new tenants of his home and his burgeoning friendship with his new co-tenants becomes his lifeline. So when things turn ugly between Jenny and her boyfriend, Joe is determined to take a stand for his unlikely new family, and perhaps take one last shot at redefining his legacy. Also with Jamie Anne Allman, Meredith Droeger, Ian Barford, Chelcie Ross, Gary Cole.

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