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About the Film

Year

1995

Rating

R

Genre

Drama

Running Time

108 MIN

Synopsis

Jessica Lange and Halle Berry give performances of uncommon poignancy and depth. Lange plays an adoptive mother who gives an abandoned child a new chance at life. Berry, in a remarkable portrayal heralded as her dramatic breakthrough, is the birth mother who cleans up her life and sets out to reclaim the child. Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) portrays her firebrand attorney.

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Where to Watch

Digital

About the Cast

Jessica Lange

Margaret Lewin

Halle Berry

Khaila Richards

Cuba Gooding Jr

Eddie Hughes

David Strathairn

Charles Lewin

Samuel L. Jackson

Kadar Lewis

Regina Taylor

Gussie

Marc John Jeffries

Isaiah

Joie Lee

Marie

Daisy Eagan

Hannah Lewin

LaTanya Richardson

Caroline Jones

About the Crew

Director

Stephen Gyllenhaal

Producer

Howard W. Koch Jr

Producer

Naomi Foner

Writer

Naomi Foner

Music Scoring

Thomas Nelson

Music/Score

Mark Isham