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Mar 13, 2019
123 min
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The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019)

A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.

Category

Drama

Country

Canada United Kingdom

Companies

Sons of Manual Lyla Films Warp Films

Kit Harington

John F. Donovan

Natalie Portman

Sam Turner

Jacob Tremblay

Rupert Turner

Susan Sarandon

Grace Donovan

Kathy Bates

Barbara Haggermaker

Ben Schnetzer

Rupert Turner (21 y.o.)

Thandiwe Newton

Journalist

Jared Keeso

James Donovan

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