The Beans of Egypt, Maine 1994

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.

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 

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