Sommersby
She knew his face. His touch. His voice. She knew everything about him ... But the truth.
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2/5/1993Runtime
109 minsOverview
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$30,000,000Revenue
$140,081,992Homepage
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A slow-burn mystery that uses the uncertainty of a stranger's identity to unravel questions about love, transformation, and the price of renewal in a shattered South. The film dwells in ambiguity and emotional friction, asking whether we can truly know the people closest to us.
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Jodie Foster
Laurel Sommersby
Richard Gere
John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
Bill Pullman
Orin Meecham
James Earl Jones
Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Lanny Flaherty
Buck
William Windom
Reverend Powell
Wendell Wellman
Travis
Brett Kelley
Little Rob
Clarice Taylor
Esther
Frankie Faison
Joseph
R. Lee Ermey
Dick Mead
Richard Hamilton
Doc Evans
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