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Amy & Isabelle (2001)

Amy & Isabelle poster
Directed by
Lloyd Kramer
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mother and her teenage daughter live in a small town. Their strained relationship is tested when a secret comes to light.

tensemelancholicslow-burnintimateemotionally rawquietly intenseintrospective

What happens

Amy & Isabelle is a 2001 made-for-television film produced through Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films as part of her "Oprah Winfrey Presents" film line. It was directed by Lloyd Kramer, who had previously directed another film under the "Oprah Winfrey Presents" banner, Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day. The book is based on the 1998 Elizabeth Strout book Amy and Isabelle and stars Elisabeth Shue and Hanna Hall as Isabelle and her daughter Amy. Filming took place in South Carolina and the movie aired on ABC on March 4, 2001. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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