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Bleak Week 2026
Thu Jun 11

Welcome to the Dollhouse

35mm print introduced by Mary Bronstein
YEAR
1996
ACCESSIBILITY
HI
FORMAT
35MM
RUNTIME
1h 28m
RATING
R
DIRECTOR
Todd Solondz
CAST
Heather Matarazzo, Brendan Sexton III, Eric Mabius, Matthew Faber

SYNOPSIS

Q&A with filmmaker and Welcome to the Dollhouse fan Mary Bronstein (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You) on June 11.

 

35mm print! Middle-school student Dawn Weiner (Heather Matarazzo) faces degradation at school -- where she is teased constantly -- and at home. The middle child between nerdy older brother Mark (Matthew Faber) and perky younger sister Missy (Daria Kalinina), Dawn can't seem to find a place to belong. Although she has a crush on a cute boy (Eric Mabius) whom her brother knows, she can only catch the attention of bully Brandon (Brendan Sexton Jr.), who threatens her to show affection.

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