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Certificate 15

Cast Shirley Henderson Michael K. Williams Allison Janney Michael Lerner Paul Reubens Charlotte Rampling Ally Sheedy Ciarán Hinds

Directors Todd Solondz

Screenwriters

Running Time 97 minutes

Life During Wartime
Todd Solondz drops a bomb

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Plot
In the shadow of war, three sisters search for happiness. Trish (Janney) is hoping for a new life with Harvey (Lerner), when her paedophile husband, Bill (Hinds), is released from prison; Joy (Henderson), is haunted by ghosts of her dead lovers; while Helen (Sheedy) lives a life of empty Hollywood wealth with her lover, Keanu.

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