Shoot the Moon

Shoot the Moon

6.3IMDb Score
Released:1982-01-22
Duration:124 min
Director:Alan Parker
Actors:Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Karen Allen, Peter Weller, Dana Hill
Production:SLM Production Group, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview:

After fifteen years of marriage, an affluent couple divorce and take up with new partners.

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