Maria Maggenti

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Maria Maggenti

Maria Maggenti (born 1962) is a film director and screenwriter for film and television. She has been the script editor and has written many episodes of the American television series, Without a Trace (2003), but is perhaps best known for her feature film, The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995). Her film Puccini for Beginners was in competition at the Sundance Film Festival in J…

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Before I FallBefore I Fall · 2017
Before I Fall
7.02017
MovieDramaFantasy
Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was.
Monte CarloMonte Carlo · 2011
Monte Carlo
6.82011
MovieAdventureComedy
Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.
The Love LetterThe Love Letter · 1999
The Love Letter
5.21999
MovieComedyRomance
In the sleepy New England town of Loblolly By The Sea, a letter has arrived that is going to wake things up. It is a love letter - ardent, sensual... and unsigned. As the letter falls into different hands, residents of the small town to eye one another with renewed interest - wondering who it's for and who it's from. Determined to find the letter's author, Helen MacFarquhar begins a quest that will open her life to a new chapter involving two decidedly different men: George, an old friend from her past, and Johnny, a young man very much in her present. Unexpectedly, one mysterious love note has the power to unlock some startling secrets, leaving a trail of wonderful surprises as it turns an entire town upside down.
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in LoveThe Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love · 1995
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
6.31995
MovieComedyDrama
An adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance.
Puccini for BeginnersPuccini for Beginners · 2006
Puccini for Beginners
5.52006
MovieComedyDrama
When her inability to commit leads to a breakup with her girlfriend, opera-loving writer Allegra winds up in the bed of amiable professor Philip. He is so smitten with Allegra that he dumps his lover, Grace, and convinces Allegra to continue their affair. When Allegra meets Grace, sparks fly, and she begins a parallel romance, unaware that her new lover is the woman Philip left to be with her.
Doctors, Liars, and Women: AIDS Activists Say No to CosmoDoctors, Liars, and Women: AIDS Activists Say No to Cosmo · 1988
Doctors, Liars, and Women: AIDS Activists Say No to Cosmo
10.01988
MovieDocumentary
Outraged by the controversial January, 1988 article in Cosmopolitan magazine, the women in the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, (Act Up, New York), organized the first AIDS demonstration focused on women. Doctors, Liars and Women:AIDS Activists Say No To Cosmo not only documents the efforts of the Women's Committee to organize this protest, it also serves as a how-to-guide for direct action.
Without a TraceWithout a Trace · 2002
Without a Trace
7.22002
SeriesCrimeMystery
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
SupergirlSupergirl · 2015
Supergirl
7.32015
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.

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The Love LetterThe Love Letter · 1999
The Love Letter
5.21999
MovieComedyRomance
In the sleepy New England town of Loblolly By The Sea, a letter has arrived that is going to wake things up. It is a love letter - ardent, sensual... and unsigned. As the letter falls into different hands, residents of the small town to eye one another with renewed interest - wondering who it's for and who it's from. Determined to find the letter's author, Helen MacFarquhar begins a quest that will open her life to a new chapter involving two decidedly different men: George, an old friend from her past, and Johnny, a young man very much in her present. Unexpectedly, one mysterious love note has the power to unlock some startling secrets, leaving a trail of wonderful surprises as it turns an entire town upside down.

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