Film 2005 120 min

The Magic of Ordinary Days

“In a world at war, he gave her a place of peace.”

TMDB Rating ★ 7.3

Votes 97

Director Brent Shields

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Drama Romance TV Movie

The Story

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.

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The Magic of Ordinary Days

Cast & Characters

Keri Russell

Skeet Ulrich

Mare Winningham

Tania Gunadi

Eric Winter

Gwendoline Yeo

Stephen Strachan

Katie Keating

Jane McGregor

Ken Pogue

Daryl Shuttleworth

Sam Dyer

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