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The Love She Sought

Movie·1990·Drama, Romance, TV Movie·1h 40m·Directed by Joseph Sargent

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An aging school teacher (Lansbury) at a Catholic grammar school in Minnesota questions her life's existence when she has to start battling a new bishop (Prosky). As a result she retires and moves to Ireland where she seeks an admirer (Elliott) with whom she has been corresponding for five years.

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