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Laurel Canyon is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lisa Cholodenko released in USA on 7 march 2003 with Frances McDormand
Laurel Canyon (2003)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 7 march 2003
Length 1h43
Directed by Lisa Cholodenko
OriginUSA
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Rating63%
Laurel Canyon is a 2002 American drama film written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko. The film stars Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, Natascha McElhone, and Alessandro Nivola.
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Sam (Christian Bale) and Alex (Kate Beckinsale) are a newly engaged couple who move to Los Angeles to further their careers. Sam is a recently graduated psychiatrist, starting his residency, while Alex, who comes from a very wealthy background, is finishing her M.D.-Ph.D. dissertation on genomics. The relatively strait-laced, upwardly mobile couple plan to stay at the vacant home of Sam's mother, Jane (Frances McDormand), a free-spirited record producer in the Laurel Canyon section of the City of Los Angeles.Actors
Frances McDormand
(Jane)
Christian Bale
(Sam)
Kate Beckinsale
(Alex)
Natascha McElhone
(Sara)
Alessandro Nivola
(Ian McKnight)
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