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A Letter to Jonathan
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A Letter to Jonathan

1980-01-01 · 12 min · Not rated

Drama

A film with very little dialogue. Set in the Catskills of 1896 – 1916, a farmer buries his deceased wife atop a nearby mountain, then makes the difficult decision to give up his newborn son, Jonathan. Later in 1916, Jonathan returns to confront his past. The only real dialogue is a voice over of the father reading a letter he wrote to his son explaining himself.

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Directors
John Cline
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Released

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Jim MaillahuWilliam
Rebecca KnaustEsther/The Dead Wife
Joseph BrunoBaby Jonathan
Barbara LaytonSecond Couple Wife
John BarnesSecond Couple Husband
Tim HolcombJonathan

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