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Clara's Heart is a 1988 American drama film, based on Joseph Olshan's novel of the same name, directed by Robert Mulligan, written by Mark Medoff and is also Neil Patrick Harris' debut role.
Oct 7, 1988 · Clara's Heart: Directed by Robert Mulligan. With Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Ontkean, Kathleen Quinlan, Neil Patrick Harris. A Jamaican woman becomes the housekeeper for a rich Baltimore family and bonds with a disillusioned teenage boy.
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- Robert Mulligan
- 1988-10-07
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The character is named Clara Mayfield ( Whoopi Goldberg ). She is a strong, opinionated, completely self-reliant maid from Jamaica who comes to live with a rich Maryland family and becomes the best friend and mentor of their troubled young son. No wonder this kid has problems.
Clara's Heart. 1988 · 1 hr 48 min. PG-13. Drama · Comedy. A Jamaican woman teaches a boy from the Maryland suburbs about life, while his self-absorbed parents grieve over the death of their other child. Subtitles: English. Starring: Whoopi Goldberg Neil Patrick Harris Michael Ontkean Kathleen Quinlan Spalding Gray Beverly Todd Hattie Winston.
- Robert Mulligan
- January 1, 1988
- 108 min
Hoping to distract themselves from the tragic death of their infant daughter, Leona and Bill Hart (Kathleen Quinlan and Michael Ontkean) take a vacation to Jamaica, leaving their pre-adolescent son, David, alone in their lakefront estate outside Baltimore, Maryland.
Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg stars as a Jamaican woman who teaches a boy from the Maryland suburbs about life while the boy's self-absorbed parents try to cope with their grief over the death of another child in this heartwarming and bittersweet coming-of-age tale.
