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Random Hearts (1999)

Random Hearts poster
Directed by
Sydney Pollack
Genre
drama film, crime film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 07m
Rated
R
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 428 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer and a congresswoman learn that their late spouses were having an affair. They investigate the relationship while coping with their own grief and attraction.

melancholictenseslow-burnintrospectivesombergrief-strickenatmospheric

What happens

Random Hearts is a 1999 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas. Based on the 1984 novel by Warren Adler, the film is about a police officer and a congresswoman who discover that their spouses were having an affair prior to being killed in a plane crash. Random Hearts was released by Columbia Pictures (through Sony Pictures Releasing) on October 8, 1999. The film received negative reviews from critics and grossed $74.6 million against a $64 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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