Paradise

Paradise

6.2IMDb Score
Released:1991-09-18
Genre:Drama
Duration:111 min
Director:Mary Agnes Donoghue
Actors:Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, Elijah Wood, Thora Birch, Sheila McCarthy
Production:Touchstone Pictures, Grand Highway Productions, Interscope Communications, Touchwood Pacific Partners 1

Overview:

A 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl.

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