Testament

Testament

1983 · 90 min · EN · PG · 6.4 (146 votes)
Dir. Lynne Littman · Starring Jane Alexander, William Devane, Rossie Harris, Roxana Zal, Lukas Haas, Philip Anglim · Music James Horner

“They never had a chance to see their children grow up. To watch each other grow old. To fix up the house, to take that vacation. Because it only took an instant to shatter their dreams.”

DramaScience Fiction

It's just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California. As people begin coping with the devastating aftermath of the attacks — many suffer radiation poisoning — the Wetherly family tries to survive.

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A quiet, devastating look at ordinary people facing the unimaginable. It feels like a slow descent into a chilling, nuclear-scarred reality, focusing on the quiet strength and profound sorrow of a family's struggle to endure.

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