An Unexpected Love
5.9
2003
1 hr 30 min
Drama
, TV Movie
An unhappily married housewife and mother of two children seperates from her husband and gets a new job where she developes a mutual attraction to her female boss.
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- Cast：
- Leslie Hope , Wendy Crewson , D.W. Moffett , Alison Pill , Margo Martindale , Brent Spiner , Elizabeth Franz
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