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Strapless is a film of genre Drama directed by David Hare released in USA on 18 may 1990 with Bridget Fonda
Strapless (1989)
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Add to a movie listStrapless is a 1989 film written and directed by David Hare.
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An expatriate American doctor in London allows herself to lighten up when her freewheeling younger sister and a mysterious man enter her life. Her inhibitions released, the beautiful doctor learns that freedom has its own price.Actors
Bridget Fonda
(Amy Hempel)
Bruno Ganz
(Raymond Forbes)
Blair Brown
(Dr. Lillian Hempel)
Alan Howard
(Mr. Cooper)
Michael Gough
(Douglas Brodie)
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