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A Modern Affair (1996)

A Modern Affair poster
Directed by
Vern Oakley
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman gets pregnant by a stranger and then meets him with the goal of falling in love. The story turns the usual romantic comedy plot on its head.

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What happens

A Modern Affair is a 1996 independent feature film directed by Vern Oakley and produced by Tribe Pictures. Starring Stanley Tucci and Lisa Eichhorn, the film's plot reverses the conventions of romantic comedies. Instead of a man meeting a woman, falling in love, marrying, and having a baby, the woman gets pregnant, meets the child's father, and falls in love. Winner of the Long Island Festival Audience Award, A Modern Affair played theatrically, was broadcast by HBO and distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Video. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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