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Clara's Heart (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
German ( Mono )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Robert Mulligan

Written By:
Joseph Olshan
Mark Medoff

Actors:
Whoopi Goldberg ..... Clara Mayfield
Michael Ontkean ..... Bill Hart
Kathleen Quinlan ..... Leona Hart
Neil Patrick Harris ..... David Hart
Spalding Gray ..... Dr. Peter Epstein
Beverly Todd ..... Dora
Hattie Winston ..... Blanche Loudon
Jason Downs ..... Alan Lipsky
Caitlin Thompson ..... Celeste
Maria Broom ..... Felicia
Wanda Christine ..... Lydia
Maryce Carter ..... Babs
Angel Harper ..... Rita
Father Joseph Muth ..... Father Jo
Warren Long ..... Leo

Synopsis:

In this sentimental coming-of-age drama, directed by Richard Mulligan (To Kill a Mockingbird) and written by Mark Medoff (Children of a Lesser God), Whoopi Goldberg plays Clara Mayfield, whom Leona Hart (Kathleen Quinlan) meets up with in Jamaica, where Leona retreats to mourn the death of her baby daughter. Leona comes from a rich Maryland family and she leaves her husband, Bill (Michael Ontkean), and her young son, David (Neil Patrick Harris), back in the States in order to achieve some personal healing. She tells Clara she is in mourning and Clara responds knowingly, 'I knew the fact, but not the substance.' Hearing this kind of cryptic Charlie Chan-like aphorism, Leona can't resist Clara and hires her as her maid, taking her back with her, like a pet, to Maryland. 'Come meet the most wonderful person,' she tells her husband, and, to be sure, Clara is out-of-this-world wonderful, and since David's self-absorbed parents are neglecting him for their own private flirtations and obsessions, Clara takes up the slack and becomes, in effect, David's family. Clara dispenses worldly advice and has him spend weekends with her in the inner-city Jamaican community, where David learns how the other half lives. But just as David is letting his guard down and permitting Clara to become his 30-year-old buddy, Clara reveals a chilling past life that includes rape, incest, and suicide.

Drama revolving around a Jamaican housekeeper and her inspiring influence on a child who's parents are getting divorced.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 17 February, 2009.

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