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About American television miniseries
Genres thriller
Created by Jean-Marc Vallée
Written by Marti Noxon
Starring Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Elizabeth Perkins, Henry Czerny, Chris Messina, Madison Davenport, D. B. Sweeney, Will Chase
Length 1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network HBO
Country United States
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