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Released
2003 · FILM

Pieces of April

Rebellious New Yorker April scrambles to pull off a chaotic Thanksgiving dinner for her estranged, terminal‑ill family, battling kitchen disasters and unresolved resentments before the holiday—and her mother's fate—spirals out of control.

She's the one in every family.

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Written by
Runtime
81 min
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

April Burns, a quirky and rebellious young woman, lives with her boyfriend in a modest New York City apartment, far removed from her emotionally distant family. After learning that her mother has been diagnosed with a fatal form of breast cancer, April invites her family to spend Thanksgiving with her. As her father faces challenges in driving the family into the city, April, who is not an experienced cook, encounters difficulties in the kitchen and is forced to seek assistance from a neighbor.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Mark LivolsiShot by Tami ReikerScored by Stephin MerrittDesigned by Rick Butler

Box Office

2003 · Box office

Produced on a $300K budget

Production budget

$300K

Also known as

  • Pieces of April - Ein Tag mit April Burnsde
  • Schegge di Aprilit

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