Make Way for Tomorrow
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An elderly couple loses their home to bank foreclosure during the Great Depression and is forced to live separately across the state because none of their selfish adult children have room for both, sharing one final, heartbreaking afternoon of nostalgic romance in New York City before parting forever. Leo McCarey's devastating humanist masterpiece that famously inspired Ozu's Tokyo Story.
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Make Way for Tomorrow
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