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Starfish (2016)

Starfish poster
Directed by
Bill Clark
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
15
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A husband gets sepsis, which throws his family into turmoil. The film shows how they deal with the crisis.

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What happens

Starfish is a 2016 British drama film written and directed by Bill Clark and starring Tom Riley and Joanne Froggatt. Based on a true story, the film follows a family who are thrown into turmoil when the husband contracts sepsis. Principal photography began on 4 December 2015 in Rutland. It was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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