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R 2001 · 111 min · ★ 6.4 · Drama, Romance

An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

Directed by Lasse Hallström · Written by Robert Nelson Jacobs

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