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6 Years

6 Years

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6 Years

2015

1h 20m

5.4(724 votes)

Romance

Drama

Overview

A young couple bound by a seemingly ideal love, begins to unravel as unexpected opportunities spin them down a volatile and violent path and threaten the future they had always imagined.

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Netflix

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Production Companies

Duplass Brothers Productions

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Taissa Farmiga

Taissa Farmiga

Mel Clark

Ben Rosenfield

Ben Rosenfield

Dan Mercer

Lindsay Burdge

Lindsay Burdge

Amanda

Joshua Leonard

Joshua Leonard

Mark

Jennifer Lafleur

Jennifer Lafleur

Ms. Anders

Peter Vack

Peter Vack

Will

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

Joanne

Molly McMichael

Jessica

Jason Newman

Jason

Alysia Lucas

Becca

Creative team

Directed by: Hannah Fidell
Written by: Hannah Fidell
Produced by: Jonathan Duffy
Kelly Williams

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