Clara's Heart
1988, Film, 108 min, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 61
Clara's wisdom. Clara's warmth. Clara's secret.
David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies. Clara is a chambermaid at a Jamaican resort who's hired to be a housekeeper. She and David develop a close bond, opening his eyes and heart to new experiences, and eventually leading to a disturbing secret in Clara's past.
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Cast
- Whoopi Goldberg as Clara Mayfield
- Michael Ontkean as Bill Hart
- Kathleen Quinlan as Leona Hart
- Neil Patrick Harris as David Hart
- Spalding Gray as Peter Epstein
- Beverly Todd as Dora
- Hattie Winston as Blanche Loudon
- Jason Downs as Alan Lipsky
- Caitlin Thompson as Celeste
- Maria Broom as Felicia
More like this
- Disgrace (2008)
- The Hate U Give (2018)
- Yardie (2018)
- Rachel Getting Married (2008)
- The Shack (2017)
- Wonderstruck (2017)
- Skin (2008)
- The Help (2011)
- I'm Not Ashamed (2016)
- Angela's Ashes (1999)
- Here (2024)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)