Music of the Heart

Music of the Heart

6.7IMDb Score
Released:1999-10-29
Genre:Drama, Music
Duration:124 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Wes Craven
Actors:Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett, Gloria Estefan, Cloris Leachman
Production:Craven-Maddalena Films, Miramax

Overview:

After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.

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