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5.1/10   197 votes
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Director:
Gregory Nava
Writers (WGA):
Gregory Nava (written by) &
Anna Thomas (written by)
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Release Date:
22 April 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Tagline:
He was Josie's brother and Jack's best friend and he would stop at nothing to destroy them. more
Plot:
A modernized version of the story which inspired Verdi's opera, "La Forza del Destino". full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Melodrama for morons more (4 total)

Cast

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William Hurt ... Martin Larraneta

Timothy Hutton ... Jack

Melissa Leo ... Josie Larraneta
Francisco Rabal ... Jorge Larraneta
Concha Hidalgo ... Sebastiana

Stockard Channing ... Margaret
Megan Follows ... Irene
Frederick Coffin ... Ed
Peter Palmer ... Policeman
Kelly Pacheco ... Young Josie
Allan Chambers ... Gas Station Attendant

John O'Leary ... Father Basil
Darin Willis ... Bellboy
Charmaine Glennon ... Sister at Desk
Justin Gocke ... Young Martin
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
118 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Basque
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:12 | South Korea:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Istria Peninsula, Yugoslavia more
Company:
Alive Films more

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Version of La forza del destino (1949) more

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Melodrama for morons, 8 March 2002
5/10
Author: George Parker from Orange County, CA USA

"A Time of Destiny", set during WWII, tells of a duplicitous "black sheep" son's quest to avenge his father's death by killing his brother-in-law, a fellow soldier. An obvious melodrama with numerous nonsequiturs required to make the story work, acting so perfect as to be unreal, and technical and artistic mediocrity, "....Destiny" makes for a marginal watch at best. Okay for hard up couch potatoes into melodrama.

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