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β 7.2 Β· 1985 Β· 108m Β· Drama
Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish β just once before she dies β is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."
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