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Mary Goes Round (2017)

Mary Goes Round poster
Directed by
Molly McGlynn
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A substance abuse counselor gets arrested for drunk driving and is forced to take a sabbatical. She returns to her hometown where she must deal with her estranged father's terminal illness and the existence of a teenage half-sister who does not know about her.

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What happens

Mary Goes Round is a 2017 Canadian drama film directed by Molly McGlynn. It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The film centres on Mary, a substance abuse counsellor who is forced to take a sabbatical from her job after getting arrested for drunk driving. Returning to her hometown to visit her estranged father, she struggles to cope with the revelations that her father is terminally ill and that her teenage half-sister was never told she exists. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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