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Director: |
Robin Swicord |
Writer: |
Robin Swicord |
Starring: |
Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Jimmy Smits, Amy Brenneman, Hugh Dancy, Maggie Grace, Kevin Zegers, Lynn Redgrave, Kathy Baker, Marc Blucas |
Released: |
January 31, 2008 |
Rating: |
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Runtime: |
105 minutes
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Story: |
As five women and one enigmatic man meet to discuss the works of Jane
Austen, they find their love lives playing out in a 21st century version
of her novels. Sylvia (Amy Brenneman), is shocked when her husband Daniel
(Jimmy Smits), leaves her after 20 plus years and three children. Jocelyn
(Maria Bello), her unmarried best friend, distracts herself from her
unacknowledged loneliness by breeding dogs. Prudie (Emily Blunt) is a young
French teacher, in possession of a worthy husband yet distracted by
persistent fantasies about sex with another man. The many times married
Bernadette (Kathy Baker) develops a yearning for one more chance at
happiness. Beautiful, risk-taking Allegra (Maggie Grace), Sylvia and
Daniel's lesbian daughter, has quit talking to her lover. And Grigg
(Hugh Dancy), a young science fiction fan and computer whiz, seems horribly
both out of place and obliviously at ease as the only man to be invited into
the book circle.
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Cast: |
Maria Bello
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Jocelyn |
Emily Blunt
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Prudie Drummond |
Kathy Baker
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Bernadette |
Amy Brenneman
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Sylvia Avila |
Maggie Grace
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Allegra Avila |
Jimmy Smits
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Daniel Avila |
Ed Brigadier
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Pastor |
Kevin Zegers
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Trey |
Marc Blucas
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Dean Drummond |
Catherine Schreiber
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Academic Woman |
Ned Hosford
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Waiter |
Hugh Dancy
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Grigg Harris |
Messy Stench
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Girl with Dog Collar |
Chris Burket
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Skydive Instructor |
Parisa Fitz-Henley
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Corinne |
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