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The Portrait is a american film of genre Drama directed by Arthur Penn released in USA on 13 february 1993 with Gregory Peck
The Portrait (1993)
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Add to a movie listThe Portrait is a 1993 television film adapted from the play Painting Churches, directed by Arthur Penn, and starring Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall. Cecilia Peck, who plays the daughter in the film, is the real-life daughter of actor Gregory Peck and his second wife Veronique Peck.
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Artist Margaret Church returns to her parents home to create a portrait of them. Margaret is shocked to discover that her parents have decided to sell their home, and she has trouble accepting the loss of her childhood home. Margaret finishes her portrait, only to believe that her parents dislike it. Eventually she realizes that her parents do not dislike her portrait, and Margaret becomes closer to them once more.Actors
Gregory Peck
(Gardner Church)
Lauren Bacall
(Fanny Church)
Cecilia Peck
(Margaret Church)
Paul McCrane
(Bartel)
William Prince
(Hubert Hayden)
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