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One True Thing

Directed by Carl Franklin
1998    2h 7m    R
Drama, Romance
6.987%71%
In "One True Thing," a driven journalist returns home to care for her terminally ill mother, unraveling family secrets and confronting her strained relationship with her parents. As she juggles love, loss, and the weight of hidden truths, new perspectives emerge.
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Cast of One True Thing
  • Meryl StreepKate Gulden
  • Renée ZellwegerEllen Gulden
  • William HurtGeorge Gulden
  • Tom Everett ScottBrian Gulden
  • Lauren GrahamJules
  • Nicky KattJordan Belzer
  • James EckhouseDistrict Attorney
  • Patrick BreenG.A. Tweedy
  • Gerrit GrahamOliver Most
  • David ByronSenator Sullivan
  • Stephen PeabodyHarold
  • Lizbeth MacKayDr. Cohen
  • Mary Catherine WrightClarice
  • Sloane SheltonEvelyn Best
  • Michele ShayJune
  • Bobo LewisMuriel
  • Marylouise BurkeLouisa
  • Marcia Jean KurtzMarcia
  • Diana CanovaDiana
  • John DeyleSanta / Mayor
  • Hallee HirshEllen - Age 8
  • Jeffrey ScaperrottaBrian - Age 4
  • Todd CerverisCasey
  • Anna Carolina AlvimNurse Teresa
  • Julie JanneyHospital Nurse
  • Susan StoutTweedy's Secretary
  • Greg HedtkeMagazine Executive
  • Christian JamesMagazine Executive
  • Lauren ToubHalloween Girl
  • Ashley RemyHalloween Girl
  • Saul WilliamsGraduate Student
  • Julianne NicholsonCollege Student
  • Amber KainCollege Student
  • Yolande BavanNari
  • Benjamin AndrewsParty Kid
  • Kathryn WalshParty Kid
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