Family Reunion

Family Reunion

1981 · 200 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama, TV Movie

Elizabeth Winfield is a retired teacher, who desperately tries to keep her family together. While she's traveling through the country and meeting her relatives, back in her hometown, a group of shopping mall developers are planning to take over her family land in order to begin their ambitious project. Now she needs to find ways to stop this construction in time before the town's annual festivities.

Directed by Fielder Cook · Written by Allan Sloane

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