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Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating consequences.
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My Salinger Year
Film · 2020 · also dramaA college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
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The Human Voice
Film · 2020 · also dramaA woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his...
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The Glass Castle
Film · 2017 · also dramaA young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who dist...
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I Never Sang for My Father
Film · 1970 · also dramaA man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California.
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Fahrenheit 451
Film · 1966 · also dramaIn the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessa...
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A Taste of Honey
Film · 1961 · also dramaWhile out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mot...
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The Children Act
Film · 2018 · also dramaIn the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal t...
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Othello
Film · 1951 · also dramaManipulated by his jealous ensign Iago, the Moorish general Othello is driven to believe that his new wife Desdemona is unfaithful, setting in motion a chain of deception...
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Dad
Film · 1989 · also dramaA busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than...
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Boyhood
Film · 2014 · also dramaThe film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at a...
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