David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies. Clara is a chambermaid at a Jamaican resort who's hired to be a housekeeper. She and ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Whoopi Goldberg | ... | Clara Mayfield | |
| Michael Ontkean | ... | Bill Hart | |
| Kathleen Quinlan | ... | Leona Hart | |
| Neil Patrick Harris | ... | David Hart | |
| Spalding Gray | ... | Peter Epstein | |
| Beverly Todd | ... | Dora | |
| Hattie Winston | ... | Blanche Loudon | |
| Jason Downs | ... | Alan Lipsky | |
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Caitlin Thompson | ... | Celeste |
| Maria Broom | ... | Felicia | |
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Wanda Christine | ... | Lydia |
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Maryce Carter | ... | Babs |
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Angel Harper | ... | Rita |
| Frederick Strother | ... | Bundy (as Fred Strother) | |
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Joseph Muth | ... | Father Joe (as Father Joseph Muth) |
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David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies. Clara is a chambermaid at a Jamaican resort who's hired to be a housekeeper. She and David develop a close bond, opening his eyes and heart to new experiences, and eventually leading to a disturbing secret in Clara's past. Written by David Thaler <dathaler@comcast.net>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
7 October 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Claras Geheimnis See more »Edit
Box Office
Gross USA:
$5,194,491Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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David Hart: Well, it's pretty goddamn ostentatious if you ask me, but of course that's just a kid's opinion. I mean, I don't even speak Italian. Are you sexually involved with my father?
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Written by Eric B. & Rakim (as Eric B. and Rakim)
Performed by Eric B. & Rakim (as Eric B. and Rakim)
Courtesy of Island Records
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Catherine the decorator: Um David, what do you think of your dad's apartment?David Hart: Well, it's pretty goddamn ostentatious if you ask me, but of course that's just a kid's opinion. I mean, I don't even speak Italian. Are you sexually involved with my father?
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Extended BeatWritten by Eric B. & Rakim (as Eric B. and Rakim)
Performed by Eric B. & Rakim (as Eric B. and Rakim)
Courtesy of Island Records
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Well I must say this is nothing new to us what concerns the plot.But I loved it unconditioned for what it is expected.Perhaps my rating(***/1/2)is not really to agree. But I I had nice feelings on the movie.It was really likely.Just from the beginning you could expect how it was going on.The acting of whoopie is not that we are known about but not bad.The little boy is interesting along the film. He gives that little way of speeding Clara that gives you the taste to watch it.It was nice to me (even it's not my favorite genre).It's hard to make eleven lines if you have to say less about it.I can't sing glory till the end. But you won't disagree totally to this film.