Dirty Little Secret

17 year-old Lucy who has been painfully isolated from her peers for years, refusing to let anyone near her house in order to hide her family secret – the overwhelming mountain of items filled in every crevice of space in her home. She quietly plans her escape to college while managing her mother Joanna’s hoarding disorder. Outwardly, a highly functioning nurse, Joanna maintains the dysfunction in their home with an obsessive grip but after a tragedy, Lucy must decide if she will hide her mother’s secret, or expose it to the world.

Cast

Melissa Joan Hart

as Joanna

Lizzie Boys

as Lucy

Meghan Gardiner

as Aunt Jean

Wern Lee

as Josh

Pavia Sidhu

as Kaylie

Caitlin Stryker

as Counselor Miranda

Edward Foy

as Drew

Lily Yawson

as Nurse Nadine

Samantha Hodhod

as Sara

Hudsynn Grace Kennedy

as Young Sara

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