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The Secret Friend is a film of genre Comedy-drama released in USA on 27 june 2010 with Viola Harris

The Secret Friend (2010)

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Released in USA 27 june 2010
Length 15minutes
Rating77% 3.885123.885123.885123.885123.88512

The Secret Friend is a 2010 comedy-drama film based on the 1997 short story of the same name by Brazilian writer João Silvério Trevisan. The film, directed by Flavio Alves, features Viola Harris and Siobhan Fallon in the major roles. The film differs substantially from the original short story, which initially created some tension between the writer and the director. Filming took place in early 2009, mainly in Brooklyn, New York, and debuted at the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival, where it was chosen as Best of the Fest. The film centers around the character and life of Anna Marshall, a lonely, elderly widow living in a suburb of New York City, who develops a mysterious friendship with a silent caller. Although a screenplay for a feature version of the short film was written, as of 2011, it has not been officially greenlit.

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An elderly widow, Anna Marshall (Harris), lives in isolation following the death of her beloved husband. With no friends and an estranged son, Anna is a senior citizen alone in the world—obsolete and discarded. The only visitor since her husband’s funeral is her sympathetic neighbor, Julia (Fallon). But with seemingly little in common their polite tea break ends far too quickly, leaving Anna unable to ask for the companionship she desperately longs for as her nervous neighbor quickly leaves to attend to her children.

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Viola Harris

(Anna Marshall)
Siobhan Fallon Hogan

(Julie)
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