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City by the Sea
When you're searching for a killer... the last suspect you want to see is your son.
[2002,
USA] from $1.99
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Plot Summary:
New York City homicide detective Vincent LaMarca has forged a long and distinguished career in law enforcement, making a name for himself as a man intensely committed to his work. But on his latest case, the stakes are higher for Vincent—the suspect he's investigating is his own son. He and Joey have been painfully estranged ever since Vincent divorced his wife and left the decaying boardwalks of Long Beach, Long Island for the anonymity of Manhattan and a successful career with the NYPD. He lives his life in solitude, keeping his girlfriend at arm's length; the closest relationship he maintains is with his partner, Reg—and Vincent makes sure that stops at the precinct door. As long as Vincent lives in the protection of the present, he doesn't have to deal with the pain of his past—or his sorrow over his broken relationship with Joey. But this murder investigation is drawing Vincent home to Long Beach, the self-proclaimed City by the Sea, where the past has been waiting for him to return. The agonizing memory that has tortured him all his life—the death of his father, a convicted murderer who was executed when Vincent was just a boy—still plagues him. In the course of the investigation, he discovers that his own unresolved pain and failures as a father have deeply influenced Joey's life, and now his 18-month-old grandson may be fated to follow their self-destructive paths.
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Crime |
Drama |
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Robert De Niro |
Frances McDormand |
James Franco |
Eliza Dushku |
William Forsythe |
Patti LuPone |
Anson Mount |
John Doman |
Brian Tarantina |
Drena De Niro |
Michael P. Moran |
Nestor Serrano |
Matthew Cowles |
Linda Emond |
Cyrus Farmer |
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Michael Caton-Jones |
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Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children, Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice, make it clear to the authorities that his is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages. Although a sympathetic judge assures Desmond that when his financial situation reverses, he will be able to get his children back; money is hard to come by. During that time, Evelyn and her brothers suffer the abuses of living in orphanages while Desmond struggles to secure finances. Now he must battle the courts to get his children back.
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Drama |
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Sophie Vavasseur |
Niall Beagan |
Hugh McDonagh |
Pierce Brosnan |
Mairead Devlin |
Frank Kelly |
Claire Mullan |
Alvaro Lucchesi |
Garrett Keogh |
Daithi O'Suilleabhain |
Andrea Irvine |
Marian Quinn |
Karen Ardiff |
Julianna Margulies |
Bosco Hogan |
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| Directors: |
Bruce Beresford |
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Plot Summary:
The drama follows an 11-year-old girl's struggle to come to terms with her mother's abandonment.
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Drama |
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Nick Stahl |
Dennis Hopper |
Woody Harrelson |
Simon Chin |
Mike Ennis |
Callum Keith Rennie |
Peter Scoular |
Troy Skog |
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