# True Confessions (1981)

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**Runtime**: 108 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: Ulu Grosbard
**Written by**: John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion
**Starring**: Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Charles Durning, Kenneth McMillan, Ed Flanders, Cyril Cusack

> *Two brothers out to save everyone else.  But they couldn't save each other.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You investigate a brutal murder in a tough neighborhood, but your brother's involvement complicates things. The case tests your relationship. Ulu Grosbard directs a tense drama.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, paranoid, raw

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