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Clara's Heart

"Clara's wisdom. Clara's warmth. Clara's secret."

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1988 · 1h 48m
Drama
Starring Whoopi Goldberg · Michael Ontkean · Kathleen Quinlan
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David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies. Clara is a chambermaid at a Jamaican resort who's hired to be a housekeeper. She and David develop a close bond, opening his eyes and heart to new experiences, and eventually leading to a disturbing secret in Clara's past.

Theatrical
Oct 7, 1988
Theaters
1
Director
Robert Mulligan
Writer
Mark Medoff
Producers
Martin Elfand, Marianne Moloney
Music
Dave Grusin
Studio
MTM Enterprises, Warner Bros. Pictures
Keywords
based on novel or book baltimore, usa jamaica grief racism
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Whoopi Goldberg
Clara Mayfield
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Michael Ontkean
Bill Hart
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Kathleen Quinlan
Leona Hart
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Neil Patrick Harris
David Hart
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Spalding Gray
Peter Epstein
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Jason Downs
Alan Lipsky
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Hattie Winston
Blanche Loudon
B
Beverly Todd
Dora Cambridge
M
Maria Broom
Felicia
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Frederick Strother
Bundy
A
Angel Harper
Rita

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