Clara's Heart

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Clara's Heart
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Mulligan
Written by	Mark Medoff
Starring	Whoopi Goldberg Michael Ontkean Kathleen Quinlan Neil Patrick Harris Spalding Gray
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Clara's Heart is a 1988 movie starring Kathleen Quinlan and Whoopi Goldberg. The movie tells the story of a family in crisis. The mother, Leona (Quinlan), escapes to Jamaica to grieve the loss of her baby daughter. While there she meets kindly housekeeper Clara Mayfield (played by Goldberg). Clara pulls Leona out of her depression with a blunt, no-nonsense style. Leona is so taken with her that she brings Clara back to the States, Baltimore to be exact, to be housekeeper and nanny to young son David, played by Neil Patrick Harris. At first he is resistant and sees her as an intruder. But as the parents are completely wrapped up in their own grief and dissolving marriage, David comes to trust Clara and to depend on her. Clara harbors her own dark secret, which when revealed, serves to firm the bond between these two very different, but loving, characters.

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