Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

1988 · 94 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

A successful Australian writer discovers he has cancer and returns home to Melbourne to be with his estranged wife and daughter.

Directed by Pino Amenta · Written by Frank Howson

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