The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Mar 13, 2019 | IMDB 6.9
123 min Watch NowDrama
A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
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