Fasten your seat belts for this all-American train wreck of a wedding where old money and nouveau riche collide. The plot revolves around an old-money matriarch, Nettie, who dies in the second scene but whose spirit seems to hover over the messy goings-on. Included in the cast of 19 colorful characters are a flaky interpretive dancer, an emotionally stunted morphine addict, a communistic-leaning aunt, a hired wedding guest, an obsessive-compulsive wedding planner, and an alcoholic marine. Need we say more?

Sung in English with English Supertitles

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