Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Sometimes love has a life of it's own.

R 2000 · 105 min · ★ 6.0 · Mystery, Drama, Romance

A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.

Directed by Keith Gordon · Written by Robert Dillon

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