Glenne Headly
Also Known As: گلن هدلی
Biography: Glenne Aimee Headly (born March 13, 1955 -June 8, 2017) was an American actress of film, stage and television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glenne Headly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New London, Connecticut, USA
Birthday: March 13, 1955
Deathday: June 08, 2017
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Mr. Holland's Opus
Overview: In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-29
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Overview: Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson, shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow tactics impinge on his own sophisticated work and believing him to be the infamous conman 'The Jackal', Lawrence resolves to get rid of him. Confident of his own duplicitous talents, he challenges Freddy to a winner-takes-all competition: whoever swindles their latest mark, American heiress Janet Colgate, out of $50,000 first can stay, while the other must leave town.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-14
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And the Band Played On
Overview: The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-11
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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Overview: When the always dramatic Lola and her family move from the center of everything in New York City to the center of a cultural wasteland in suburban New Jersey, she feels her life is simply not worth living! But no matter who or what gets in the way, Lola won't give up on her life's ambition: to be a star! In a crowd-pleasing movie treat bursting with music, dance and excitement, Lola's fun-filled adventure won't be glamorous or easy, but it might just show her that real life could exceed even her wildest dreams!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-17
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Fandango
Overview: In 1971, five college buddies from the University of Texas embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-25
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Mortal Thoughts
Overview: A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserved, it's James Urbanksi, an abusive drunk who steals from his wife, Joyce, and promises her close friend Cynthia Kellogg that she'll be the next target of his rage. At a group outing, James bleeds to death after someone cuts his throat. But because he's such a terrible human being, police aren't sure which of his acquaintances decided to kill him.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-19
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Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Overview: The Great Depression hits home for nine year old Kit Kittredge when her dad loses his business and leaves to find work. Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin stars as Kit, leading a splendid cast in the first ever "American Girl" theatrical movie. In order to keep their home, Kit and her mother must take in boarders - paying house - guests who turn out to be full of fascinating stories. When mother's lockbox containing all their money is stolen, Kit's new hobo friend Will is the prime suspect. Kit refuses to believe that Will would steal, and her efforts to sniff out the real story get her and friends into big trouble. The police say the robbery was an inside job, committed by someone they know. So if it wasn't Will, then who did it.
Genres: Family Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-02
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Making Mr. Right
Overview: When image consultant Frankie Stone is hired by a tech company to teach a scientist’s “Ulysses Robot” how to be a man, she winds up developing very real feelings for the faux human.
Genres: Comedy Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-03
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Babe: Pig in the City
Overview: Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.
Genres: Family Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-25
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Sgt. Bilko
Overview: The US army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Sergeant Ernie Bilko is the leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-29
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Breakfast of Champions
Overview: A millionaire car salesman who runs the biggest dealership in Midland City, Dwayne Hoover is a celebrity, loved and trusted by everyone. Then one day, he wakes up and realizes that his life is a total mess! But between the headaches posed by his pill-popping wife, a mistress who won't leave him alone, and a cross-dressing sales manager, Dwayne has picked a bad week for a midlife crisis.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-18
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2 Days in the Valley
Overview: In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the story of two hit men, a mistress, a nurse, a vindictive ex-wife, a wealthy art dealer and his lovelorn assistant, a suicidal writer and his dog, and a bitter cop and his partner.
Genres: Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-11
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The Joneses
Overview: A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighborhood, but when it comes to the truth as to why they're living there, they don't exactly come clean with their neighbors.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-16
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Getting Even with Dad
Overview: Ray, an ex-con and widower, is planning a coin heist with two accomplices to help him to buy his own bakery. However, he doesn't expect his son Timmy, who was living with Ray's sister, to show up at the house right in the middle of planning. Timmy is ignored and Ray and his buddies pull off the heist. Timmy gets his father's attention by stealing the coins and hiding them. To get them back, his father must take him to a number of different places and treat him like he enjoys his presence. They grow fond of each other but Timmy won't stay with his dad unless he gives up the coins.
Genres: Comedy Crime Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-17
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Timecode
Overview: A production company begins casting for its next feature, and an up-and-coming actress named Rose tries to manipulate her filmmaker boyfriend, Alex, into giving her a screen test. Alex's wife, Emma, knows about the affair and is considering divorce, while Rose's girlfriend secretly spies on her and attempts to sabotage the relationship. The four storylines in the film were each shot in one take and are shown simultaneously, each taking up a quarter of the screen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-28
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What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Overview: Thief Kevin Caffery attempts to rob from the home of rich businessman Max Fairbanks. But Fairbanks catches him and steals his cherished ring that his girlfriend gave him. Caffery is then bent on revenge and getting his ring back with the help of his partners.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-31
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Comeback Season
Overview: First Down. Second Chance. Skylar is a star quarterback of his football team. He's got the skills, the looks, and the girls. His next-door neighbor, Walter is a loving husband, good father and all-round decent family man. When their worlds start to crumble they find themselves in jail together and suddenly these former enemies must rely on each other to rebuild their lives...
Genres: Comedy Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Paperhouse
Overview: A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-10
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Nadine
Overview: Hairdresser Nadine Hightower wants to retrieve the risqué photos she once posed for, but when she visits the photographer at his office, he's murdered by an intruder. Nadine talks her estranged husband, Vernon, into going along when she returns to the office, where they stumble across plans for a less than legal construction project. But when Vernon tries to turn the documents into a cash windfall, he and Nadine are pursued by goons with guns.
Genres: Romance Comedy Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-07
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Around the Bend
Overview: A tale of four generations of men, all of whom have had their offspring at a young age: a great-grandfather, a grandfather, a father in his twenties and a son who is about 7 years old. When the oldest member passes away, the trio heads out on the road together in the Southwest to search out an old family secret that connects to their past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-08
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Eulogy
Overview: A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-15
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The Amateurs
Overview: Sex sells in America and these guys know it. The Amateurs follows a small town band of loveable losers who hit upon an idea that can make their dreams and fantasies come true. Thinking they've found the road to riches and fame they decide to make the world's most innocent adult film. Everyman's fantasy turns into a hilarious misadventure when they find they're in way over their heads.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-28
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Raising Flagg
Overview: A comedy centered on a handyman (Arkin) and his lifelong competition with his neighbor (Pendleton.)
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-10
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Seize the Day
Overview: Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the pieces of his life. He's always been able to sell, but caught in a downward spiral, he must, in addition, face the father who never really understood him, while trying to balance his newly precarious existence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-09
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Stars & Bars
Overview: A British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-18
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My Own Country
Overview: An East Indian physician works with AIDS patients as an epidemic of the disease hits in Tennessee.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-12
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Don Jon
Overview: A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-12
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Winchell
Overview: The true story of the influential and controversial columnist, Walter Winchell.
Genres: TV Movie Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-21
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Ordinary Magic
Overview: When his father dies, Jeffrey is sent to live with his aunt Charlotte in Canada. Once there he leads his aunt and his friends in staging, a non-violent hunger strike to try to save his aunt's house from being demolished to make room for a ski resort.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-20
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Women vs. Men
Overview: Seeking the excitement that was once part of their married lives, Bruce and Michael slip out one night to a gentleman's club. When their wives, Dana and Brit, discover this boys-night-out activity, the husbands are booted from their homes. In the men's ensuing efforts to get back into their wives' good graces, their previously unspoken views about marriage and women begin to surface to disturbing effect for their wives.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-04
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The Purple Rose of Cairo
Overview: Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-01
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Dial a Prayer
Overview: A troubled young woman working at a prayer call center makes a difference in other people's lives, forcing her to reconcile with her troubled past with the faith she brings out in others.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-07
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Bowery Dawn
Overview: Shadrack's in a world of trouble: his girl-friend, Daisey, wants him and his rock 'n' roll band to supply the entertainment for her upcoming party - but the band's members are clearly out of control, arguing at every rehearsal. To make matters worse, Daisey wants to marry Shadrack. What's a fellow to do?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-30
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The Darkest Day
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1999-07-06
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Pronto
Overview: Harry Arno is a Miami Beach bookie who finds himself in trouble with his mob bosses for reasons he can't quite figure out. When an assailant attempts to kill him, he decides that it's time to retire, so he relocates to Greece.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-08
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On Golden Pond
Overview: Character-driven story about an elderly man coming to terms with his age, and the nearing of death; a middle-aged woman attempting to enter into a father-daughter relationship with her dad, whom she has never known closely; and a young teenager dealing with parental divorce. Ethel and Norman Thayer are an old couple living "On Golden Pond". Their daughter, Chelsea, is 42 years old, and has never been married. She is dating a 45 year old dentist, and brings him up to Golden Pond to meet her parents. Her boyfriend, Bill, has a 14 year old son named Billy, who comes along. Young Billy has been virtually raised by his mother, who is newly divorced from his father. The troubled child is left with the elderly Thayers for some time, as his father and Chelsea take off for a tour of Europe.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-29
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Strange Weather
Overview: Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-12
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The Namesake
Overview: After moving from Calcutta to New York, members of the Ganguli family maintain a delicate balancing act between honoring the traditions of their native India and blending into American culture. Although parents Ashoke and Ashima are proud of the sacrifices they make to give their children opportunities, their son Gogol strives to forge his own identity without forgetting his heritage.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-02
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Just Getting Started
Overview: Duke Diver is living the high life as the freewheeling manager of a luxurious resort in Palm Springs, Calif. He soon faces competition from Leo, a former military man who likes the same woman that Duke is interested in. When Diver's past suddenly catches up with him, he must put aside his differences and reluctantly team up with Leo to stop whoever is trying to kill him.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-01
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Bartleby
Overview: An adaptation of Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" told in the setting of a modern office.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-10
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The Circle
Overview: A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. She comes to learn that her decisions and actions will determine the future of humanity.
Genres: Drama Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-27
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Doctor Detroit
Overview: A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-06
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Eleni
Overview: Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this. He wants to know why his mother was killed in the civil war years earlier. In a parallel plot line we see Nick as a young boy and his family as they struggle to survive in the occupied Greek hillside. The plot lines converge as Nick's investigations bring him closer to the answers.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-01
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The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
Overview: The young-adult novel by Garrison Keillor and Jenny Lind Nilsson gets a lively update in this Showtime feature about an unusual family in Sandy Bottom, Wisconsin. The Greens share musical aspirations, but daughter Rachel (Madeline Zima), a talented violinist, is the one most likely to achieve them. Norman (Tom Irwin) is a dairy farmer and Ingrid (Glenne Headly) is a choir director who abandoned the piano when she married and settled down, but the Greens are a happy family, for the most part. The trick is finding a way to reconcile their dreams with a reality that may hold more riches than they realize. When Norman gets a chance to conduct the local orchestra for the Dairy Days celebration, it's an opportunity for the family to come together, not just with each other, but with a community they had never fully appreciate
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-27
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Dick Tracy
Overview: The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-05
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Making Babies
Overview: After years of "manually" trying to conceive, John and Katie Kelly put their bodies, wallet and marriage through the ringer of modern infertility treatments.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-29
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A Girl Thing
Overview: A Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a shrinks office. Dr. Beth Noonan is the therapist to one star per hour. Hour one deals with a woman not capable of having a relationship. Hour Two is about sisters who hate each other, trying to get along one last time. Hour Three is about adultery.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-19
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Merry Xmas
Overview: The story of a mischievous father who calls his very busy kids to tell them that, after 55 years of marriage, he and their mom are getting divorced. Horrified by the news, the children prepare to fly home to stop the divorce and save their parents' marriage.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-19
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Four Friends
Overview: A young immigrant comes to America in the 60s and is caught up in the counterculture movement which tests his bonds of friendship and love.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-11
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Santabear's High Flying Adventure
Overview: It's Christmas Eve and all the children around the world are asleep and dreaming of the toys that Santa Claus will bring - except at the South Pole, where they've never celebrated Christmas. This year Santa Claus asks Santabear to deliver his toys to the South Pole, so that the children there will also believe in the magic of Christmas. But when the naughty Bullybear steals Santabear's bag of toys and his identity, all chances for a merry Christmas seem lost. Luckily, Santabear meets Missy Bear, and together they take to the skies to stop Bullybear before he destroys all the toys and ruins Christmas at the South Pole forever!
Genres: Animation Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-01
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Grand Isle
Overview: A married woman in 1890s Louisiana meets a handsome Creole, reawakening her sexual desires, and is tempted into an affair with the man.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-23
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The X-Files
Overview: Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.
Genres: Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-19
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The Namesake
Overview: After moving from Calcutta to New York, members of the Ganguli family maintain a delicate balancing act between honoring the traditions of their native India and blending into American culture. Although parents Ashoke and Ashima are proud of the sacrifices they make to give their children opportunities, their son Gogol strives to forge his own identity without forgetting his heritage.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-02
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Bastard Out of Carolina
Overview: A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-15
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