When Jean drives by the house of his childhood years later, he faces the dramas of his family’s past.
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Fabienne Elaine Hollwege
Madeleine
Oscar Martin
Marcel
Adam Eveillard
Jean Enfant
Andrew Mockler
Jean Adulte
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Virginie Verron
Juliette Moro
Louise
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A professional novelist struggles to resolve an increasingly burdensome family situation, and his relationship with his partner, all the while attempting to finish a new book that encapsulates his situation.
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A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team
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Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970s Britain.
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An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.
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