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Alex & Emma
UNITED STATES · 2003

Alex & Emma

Rob Reiner
romance creative writing love triangle organized crime deadline pressure
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Synopsis

Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.

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