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Sitting on the Edge of Marlene is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Ana Valine and released in 2014. An adaptation of Billie Livingston's novella The Trouble with Marlene, the film stars Suzanne Clément as Marlene Bell, a grifter and con artist who is indoctrinating her daughter Sammie in the ways of crime with the help of her colleague Fast Freddy ; meanwhile, Sammie has other ideas about her future, and develops a romantic interest in Drew, a devoutly Christian teenager who hangs out at the local roller rink.