# Zeit der Zärtlichkeit (1983)

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**Original title**: *Terms of Endearment*
**Runtime**: 132 min
**Genres**: Drama, Comedy
**Directed by**: James L. Brooks
**Written by**: James L. Brooks
**Starring**: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, John Lithgow

> *Come to laugh, come to cry, come to care, come to terms.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Here's a movie about mothers and daughters, which is always fun. Aurora clashes with her daughter Emma even as they both search for happiness in their own ways. It's a film that finds time for both cancer and adultery.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, gut-punch, tender

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