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Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (2001)
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Original name: Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
They were more than Washington wives. They were part of an American dream known as Camelot. With strength and cunning they upheld their public image by concealing their private truths. Jackie, Ethel and Joan had little choice. They were Kennedy women. What really unfolded behind the monolith of Kennedy power is revealed for the first time: the true story of the Kennedy reign told through the eyes of the three women who lived it.
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, political, bleak, contemplative, talky
Plot:
kennedy family, politics, rise to the top, introspection, family life, society, ambition, head of state, family tradition, crumbling marriage, state affairs, relationship vs career, infidelity, campaign, dishonesty, death in the family, first lady, president, female friendship, u.s. president, adultery, assassination of president, biopic, cuban missile crisis, crisis ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 60s
Place:
cuba, usa, texas
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Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 84 min.
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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