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Tender Mercies
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Tender Mercies is a 1983 film directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Robert Duvall.Rosa Lee (Tess Harper) is a widow with a 12-year-old son, Sonny. They keep the Mariposa Motel, a lonely Texas motel and gas station out on the desolate prairie. One night an alcoholic drifter named Mac (Duvall) winds up unable to pay for his room after his traveling companion departs in the night. Mac asks if he can perform some work around the motel to pay off his debt, and Rosa Lee agrees. After his debt is paid Mac asks if he can keep working at odd jobs at the motel in return for room and board, and Rosa Lee agrees again.Eventually Mac and Rosa Lee fall in love and get married. It turns out that Mac is actually Mac Sledge, once a very famous and successful country music star, whose career was destroyed by his alcoholism. Mac has an ex-wife, Dixie Lee, who is also a country music star, and a daughter by Dixie, 18-year-old Sue Ann (Ellen Barkin). Will Mac conquer his demons and live a happy life with his new wife and stepson?Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })Wilford Brimley appears as Harry, Dixie Lee's manager. | |
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Dead Guy Junior: Sonny tells the bullies at his school that his name is actually Carl Herbert Wadsworth Jr., after his father, killed in Vietnam. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: Sue Ann dies tragically and senselessly when her drunk husband crashes their car. But Mac has found new happiness with Rosa Lee and Sonny, and he may even be starting his music career again. | |
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Chiaroscuro | |
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Chiaroscuro: The placement of the motel on empty flatland with absolutely nothing else around it leads to some moodily shot scenes at night. | |
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The Alcoholic | |
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The Alcoholic: Mac's drinking wrecked his highly successful music career and destroyed his family. | |
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Bratty Teenage Daughter: Sue Ann, determined to rebel against her mother. First she looks up her father against Dixie's wishes, then she does worse by getting married. | |
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