House of D

House of D centres on Tom Warshaw, an American artist living in Paris with his wife and son. When the boy turns thirteen, Tom decides to tell him about his own thirteenth year, which he spent in New York's Greenwich Village in the 1970s. In that earlier life, the young Tommy is grieving his father and living with his depressed mother, finding comfort in his friendship with Pappass, the mentally disabled janitor at his school, with whom he runs errands for a butcher. Tommy's first romance with a classmate unsettles that bond and Pappass begins to act unpredictably, while a secret connection to a woman held in the Greenwich Village women's prison gives the story its title. Tom's account of that year is meant to explain the confusion that has followed him into adulthood.

The film was directed and written by David Duchovny, his first feature behind the camera, and it was followed by Reverse the Curse in 2024. Duchovny also plays the adult Tom; Anton Yelchin plays the young Tommy, Téa Leoni portrays Mrs. Warshaw and Robin Williams plays Pappass, with Erykah Badu as Lady Bernadette and Frank Langella as Reverend Duncan. Made for about 6 million dollars by Lions Gate Films, Tribeca Productions, Bob Yari Productions and Southpaw Entertainment, the 97-minute comedy-drama was released in 2004. On IMDb it holds 6.8 out of 10 from roughly 10,000 votes, a warmer audience response than the 6.3 out of 10 it has on TMDB from a much smaller sample. Critics were considerably harsher, rating it 4 out of 10 across 101 reviews.