Clara's Heart
1988 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
In this affecting family melodrama from director Robert Mulligan (TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD), Bill and Leona Hart (Michael Ontkean and Kathleen Quinlan) go to Jamaica to recuperate after the death of their infant daughter; there the grieving wife is comforted by the sagacity of the hotel's maid, Clara (Whoopi Goldberg). The wife asks Clara to come to the family's home in Baltimore to look after her teenage son, David (Neil Patrick Harris), and keep house. Initially, Clara and David have difficulty adjusting, but when his parents' marriage dissolves, David turns to Clara for advice and affection. A secret from Clara?s past, however, threatens to dissolve David?s tentative outreach toward a bright new world.
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Whoopi Goldberg · Michael Ontkean · Kathleen Quinlan · Neil Patrick Harris · Spalding Gray · Beverly Todd · Hattie Winston · Jason Downs · Caitlin Thompson · Maria Broom · Wanda Christine · Maryce Carter · Angel Harper
Soundtrack Dave Grusin
Screenplay Mark Medoff · Joseph Olshan
Cinematography Freddie Francis
Original title Clara's Heart
5.2
130 votes (FilmAffinity)
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