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BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY

When vaguely discontented Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep) meets National Geographic shutterbug Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood), what begins as a guarded friendship soon erupts into an intense affair that rekindles Francesca's forgotten passions. But Francesca finds her emotions in conflict when the time comes to choose her future. This emotional, Oscar-nominated drama is based on the best-selling novel by Robert James Waller.

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

Newspaper researcher Theresa Osborne (Robin Wright Penn) finds a letter in a bottle penned by grieving shipbuilder Garret Blake (Kevin Costner), who writes to ease the pain of his wife's death. But when Osborne tracks Blake down, their growing attraction is endangered by their pasts. Based on Nicholas Sparks's best-selling novel, director Luis Mandoki's romantic drama explores the possibility of love amid heartache.

MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA

After enduring a horrific terrorist attack on a Milan train, English writer Mrs. Delahunty (Maggie Smith) opens the doors of her Italian villa to her fellow survivors of the incident: a young American girl (Emmy Clarke), a British gent (Ronnie Barker) and a German man (Benno Furmann). As a detective (Giancarlo Giannini) unravels the cause of the tragedy, the survivors bond -- until they're interrupted by the girl's boorish uncle (Chris Cooper).

CITY OF ANGELS