

Like a House on Fire
2021-03-26 · 85 min · ★ 6.6
Dara returns home to reconnect with her husband and her young daughter, whom she left two years earlier. When she arrives, she discovers that a woman who is seven months pregnant has taken her place and that her daughter no longer recognizes her.
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- Directors
- Jesse Noah Klein
- Production companies
- Colonelle Films, Woods Entertainment
- Countries
- Canada
- Status
- Released
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Sarah SutherlandDara
Jared AbrahamsonDanny
Dominique Provost-ChalkleyThérèse
Margaux VaillancourtIsabel
Amanda BrugelAudrey
Hubert LenoirJordan
Sheila McCarthyKatherine
Yanna McIntoshNancy
Michael RileyJack
Kayla HuttonBernice
Erin NobleMs. Shaw
Ethan Lefebvre-BrayKid with WhiskersTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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