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Pieces of April is a american film of genre Drama directed by Peter Hedges released in USA on 19 january 2003 with Katie Holmes
Pieces of April (2004)
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Add to a movie listPieces of April is a 2003 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Hedges. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. The name is taken from a 1972 hit song by Three Dog Night, which reached No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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April Burns, the eldest daughter in a highly dysfunctional family, lives in a small tenement apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan with her boyfriend Bobby. Although estranged from her family, she opts to invite them for Thanksgiving dinner, probably the last for her mother Joy, who has breast cancer.Actors
Katie Holmes
(April Burns)
Derek Luke
(Bobby)
Sean Hayes
(Wayne)
Alison Pill
(Beth Burns)
Oliver Platt
(Jim Burns)
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