Tara Road

Tara Road

Sometimes the only way to find yourself... is to lose yourself in someone else's life.

2005 · 101 min · ★ 5.3 · Drama

A grieving Connecticut mother temporarily switches houses with a woman in Dublin, Ireland.

Directed by Gillies MacKinnon · Written by Shane Connaughton

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