The Substance of Fire (1996)
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Directors
Daniel J. Sullivan
Cast
Tony Goldwyn, Timothy Hutton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ron Rifkin, Lee Grant, Andrew Pang, Edmund Ikeda, Elizabeth Franz
Genres
Coming Out, Drama, Family Drama, Social Drama, drama film
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