What's Eating Gilbert Grape [427]
A film about the love you find...In the last place you look.
Overview
Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.
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Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.
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?
A fable of emotional liberation and chocolate. A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of Boat Gypsies float down the river the prejudices of the Mayor leads to a crisis.