MURDER and murder
7.1
1996
1 hr 53 min
Drama
, Romance
Mildred and Doris are two middle-aged white women, from very different backgrounds, who become lovers and set up house together. Film explores the pleasures and uncertainties of later-life emotional attachment and lesbian identity in a culture that glorifies youth and heterosexual romance.
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- Cast:
- Joanna Merlin , Kathleen Chalfant , Catherine Kellner , Alice Playten , Daniel Martin Berkey , Rod McLachlan , Rainn Wilson
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