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Laurel Canyon
By Lisa Cholodenko - Film
Roles
- Alex
- Sara
About this piece
Sam and Sara flirt in the car
Summary
Sam (Christian Bale) just graduated in psychiatry and moves to Los Angeles with his fiancee, Alex (Kate Beckinsale). They stay at Sam's mother's house on the hills on Laurel Canyon. Sam starts working in a hospital while Alex is busy finishing her dissertation. Sam's mother (Frances McDormand)is a hippie music producer who is finishing a record for her boyfriend's band. Alex starts getting involved with Sam's mother's lifestyle of drugs and rock and roll while in the meanwhile Sam falls for a beautiful Israeli colleague (Natascha McElhone) at his hospital. In this scene Sam is in a car with Sara. Sara has been pursuing Sam for a while and here he confesses he desires her too...
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