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Plot Summary:
"Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" is based on the inspiring true story of living legend Dolly Parton's remarkable upbringing. This once-in-a-lifetime movie special takes place inside the tight-knit Parton family as they struggle to overcome devastating tragedy and discover the healing power of love, faith and a raggedy patchwork coat that helped make Parton who she is today. The film is set in the Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains in 1955. It is neither a biopic nor a musical about Dolly's whole life and performing career, but rather a family-oriented faith-based story about the incidents in her and her family's life around the time she was nine years old.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, captivating
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Carita de ángel (2000)
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Carita de Angel is a child telenovela produced in Mexico by Televisa in 2000 produced by Nicandro Díaz. It is a remake of the telenovela Papa Corazon, which also was adapted for Mundo de juguete. It starred Lisette Morelos, Miguel de León and Daniela Aedo as Dulce Maria. In 2001 it was broadcast in the United States by the Spanish-language broadcaster Univision. Among the great figures of his cast were Mexicans Joaquín Cordero and Ana Luisa Peluffo and Argentine Libertad Lamarque, who died during the filming of this soap opera and was replaced by actress Silvia Pinal. From December 11 of 2000 until January 5 of 2001 the soap opera interrupted its broadcast in order to go to Christmas minitelenovela Rayito de Luz. In Indonesia, this telenovela broadcast on RCTI in early 2003, and a years later, in 2004, it broadcast on SCTV. In the United States, it re-aired on the Spanish channel UniMás from June 14, 2012 to February 28, 2013.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Comedy, Family, Drama, Musical
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: soap opera, novela, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, telenovela
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Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (2016)
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An unexpected blizzard threatens the Parton family, while at the same time Dolly's father (and his kids) make sacrifices to raise enough money to finally buy his wife the wedding ring he could never afford to give her. Meanwhile, an important person in little Dolly's life begins to see that her amazing voice and musical gift might just be made for something bigger than rural Tennessee.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 651
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 9
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Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, entertaining, asadora
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 253
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: USA, Australia
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IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 182
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 517
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 47
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Drama, Family
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 309
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 669
Genere: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
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Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious, humorous, stylized
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 700
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 975
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Country: USA
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IMDB Votes: 784
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: USA
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Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
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Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 686
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IMDB Votes: 259
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 557
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Country: USA
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IMDB Votes: 311
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 659
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Votes: 545
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 40000
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 28000
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Country: USA
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