Grace of My Heart (1996)

Directed by

Allison Anders

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aspiring singer in the 1960s writes pop songs for other artists while navigating her own career and personal life. The film follows her journey through the music industry of the era.

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What happens

Grace of My Heart is a 1996 American musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Allison Anders, and starring Illeana Douglas, Matt Dillon, Eric Stoltz, Patsy Kensit and John Turturro. The film charts the fictional music career of Denise Waverly, an aspiring singer who writes for other artists in the pop music world of the mid-1960s. It premiered at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival and went into limited release on September 13, 1996. The soundtrack features artists Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, Gerry Goffin and Jill Sobule, replicating the musical style that emerged from the Brill Building, New York City's music factory in the heyday of girl groups and "pre-fab" acts like The Monkees. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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