Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment”. Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen. However, her image is hiding the abuse at her stepfather’s hands, and she decides to take revenge. The events that follow are a mix of dark humor and an exploration of modern morality as Roseanne faces not only a fellow suburbanite who knows, but her own conscience as well.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rebecca A. Battle, Rob Schmidt
Actors: Bonnie Somerville, Conchata Ferrell, Ellen Barkin, James DeBello, Jeffrey Wright, Marshall R. Teague, Michael Ironside, Monica Keena, Nicki Aycox, Vincent Kartheiser