# Sommersby (1993)

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**Runtime**: 109 min
**Genres**: Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance
**Directed by**: Jon Amiel
**Written by**: Sarah Kernochan
**Starring**: Jodie Foster, Richard Gere, Bill Pullman, James Earl Jones, Lanny Flaherty, William Windom

> *She knew his face. His touch. His voice. She knew everything about him ... But the truth.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Tennessee winter, 1865. A scarred man steps off the road, boots sinking in thawing mud.  
Laurel watches from the porch, a chipped teacup cooling in her hands.  
The fields bloom under his care; the neighbors sharpen their suspicions.  
This isn’t Capra with blood under the nails, but it wears his coat.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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