THE CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS (1997)
BRUCE BERESFORD
Plot
The Tate family are determined to live the American dream but reality is doing its utmost to make it a nightmare, when they're not busy bickering with each other about the future of their farm they find themselves at the mercy of various dodgy opportunities. Curse of the Starving Classes is an adaptation of a Sam Shepard play a darkly comic observation of a family wrestling with a myth.