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Tara Road (2005)

Tara Road poster
Directed by
Gillies MacKinnon
Genre
drama film
Country
Ireland
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
M/12
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 39 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American woman and an Irish woman swap houses for two months to escape personal crises. Both women find themselves living in each other's worlds while dealing with their own troubles.

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What happens

Tara Road is a 2005 drama film directed by Gillies MacKinnon, based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Maeve Binchy. The film stars Olivia Williams, Andie MacDowell, Stephen Rea, and Iain Glen and follows Marilyn and Ria - one American, one Irish - on a two-month house swap, as both have suffered crises and need a change. The film received mixed reviews from critics and had middling box office reception. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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