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Paradise is a american film of genre Drama directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue released in USA on 4 october 1991 with Melanie Griffith
Paradise (1991)
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Add to a movie listParadise is a 1991 drama film written and directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue. The original music score is composed by David Newman.
Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson (at the time married to each other) play Lily and Ben Reed, a young couple torn apart by a family tragedy. It would take a miracle to rekindle their love and a miracle arrives in the form of a summer guest - Willard Young (Elijah Wood).
It is a remake of the French film Le Grand Chemin by Jean-Loup Hubert.
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Willard Young is a 10-year-old boy who is sent by his mother to stay with her best friend Lily Reed, who lives in the Delta shrimp-fishing country in a town called Paradise. Lily and her husband Ben have been living in an unmentioned emotional vacuum since the death of their own three-year-old boy. Willie makes friends with the local 9-year-old tomboy Billie Pike, who teaches him to be comfortable with himself. When Willard gains a handle on his own emotions, he can now help Lily and Ben to connect, overcome grief and rediscover themselves.Actors
Melanie Griffith
(Lily Reed)
Don Johnson
(Ben Reed)
Elijah Wood
(Willard Young)
Thora Birch
(Billie Pike)
Sheila McCarthy
(Sally Pike)
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