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A Letter to Jonathan
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A Letter to Jonathan

1980
Directed byJohn Cline
0h 12m

A film with very little dialogue. Set in the Catskills of 1896 – 1916, a farmer buries his deceased wife atop a nearby mountain, then makes the difficult decision to give up his newborn son, Jonathan. Later in 1916, Jonathan returns to confront his past. The only real dialogue is a voice over of the father reading a letter he wrote to his son explaining himself.

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Jim MaillahuWilliamRebecca KnaustEsther/The Dead Wife
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Joseph Bruno
Baby Jonathan
Barbara LaytonSecond Couple Wife
John BarnesSecond Couple Husband
Tim HolcombJonathan
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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