Prodigal Sons (Docu)

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Prodigal Sons
(Docu)
By TODD MCCARTHY

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117938117.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

That staple of the modern documentary -- the dysfunctional family -- receives a couple of unique twists in "Prodigal Sons." Fact that the film was directed by a transsexual returning to her native Helena, Mont., two decades after having left as a star high school quarterback, seems almost commonplace compared to the circumstances of Kimberly Reed's adopted brother, who only recently discovered he is the hitherto unknown grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth. Sad, compelling docu leaves a few key questions frustratingly unanswered, but the raw materials here are sufficiently bracing to position this for a strong fest life and good prospects on docu-friendly webs internationally, with ancillary buff interest due to the Welles connection.