Tara Road
Sometimes the only way to find yourself... is to lose yourself in someone else's life.
2005 · 1h 41m · PG
Drama
Directed by
Gillies MacKinnon
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Tara Road
Overview
A grieving Connecticut mother temporarily switches houses with a woman in Dublin, Ireland.
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