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The Trip to Bountiful

The Trip to Bountiful

1985 · 108 min · EN · PG · 7.2 (43 votes)
Dir. Peter Masterson · Starring Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford, Rebecca De Mornay, Kevin Cooney · Music J.A.C. Redford
Drama

Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish – just once before she dies – is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."

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A gentle, character-driven journey of an elderly woman seeking solace and a return to her roots. It feels like a warm, bittersweet embrace, capturing the quiet dignity of a life lived and the enduring power of memory.

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