The Dying Gaul

The Dying Gaul

6.0IMDb Score
Released:2005-01-20
Genre:Drama
Duration:95 min
Director:Craig Lucas
Actors:Peter Sarsgaard, Patricia Clarkson, Campbell Scott, Ryan Miller, Faith Jefferies
Production:Twopoundbad, Holedigger Films, Rebel Park Pictures

Overview:

A grief-stricken screenwriter unknowingly enters a three-way relationship with a woman and her film executive husband - to chilling results.

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