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UNITED STATES · 1979

Starting Over

Alan J. Pakula
divorce second chances middle-age romance personal reinvention relationships
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Synopsis

After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.

Year1979
CountryUnited States
DirectorAlan J. Pakula
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