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A Quiet Passion

Summary: The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.

Release Date: April 07, 2017

Genres: Biography, Drama

Director: Terence Davies

Writer: Terence Davies

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Hurricane Films, Potemkino, Gibson & MacLeod, Screen Flanders, Enterprise Flanders, Gibson & MacLeod, Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Double Dutch International, Indomitable Entertainment, Scope Pictures, WeatherVane Productions

Distributor: Music Box Films, The Criterion Channel

Countries: United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,900,000

Domestic: $ 1,865,396

International: $ 2,293,850

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