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The Cider House Rules
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Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life outside the orphanage. What will Homer learn about life and love in the cider house? What of the destiny that Dr. Larch has planned for him?
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who value humane period drama about ethical compromise, chosen family, and the difficult passage from sheltered dependence to self-determined adulthood.
- Tone
- melancholic, warm, bittersweet
- Payoff
- catharsis, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- belonging, moral autonomy, reproductive choice, coming of age, found family
- Setting
- 1940s, rural orphanage and coastal apple-growing community
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