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Hearts in Atlantis (2001)

★ 6.8 · 612 ratings on TMDB

What if one of life's great mysteries moved in upstairs?

Hearts in Atlantis poster★ 6.8

A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.

DirectorScott Hicks
CastAlan Tudyk, Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, Celia Weston, David Morse, Deirdre O'Connell
GenresDrama
The emergence reading

Hearts in Atlantis keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

zero-distanceAU
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E8telepathysome humans possess genuine telepathic and telekinetic abilities (cognition · personal)
Also inFilms that alter a rule of reality
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Same people

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