Purple Violets (2007)

From writer-director-actor Edward Burns comes this romantic drama about the necessity to reconcile with the past in order to move forward into the future. Brilliant novelist Patti Petalson (Selma Blair) may be on the verge of becoming the next great American writer but, at the moment, she's in a slump. As her marriage with her husband (Donal Logue) becomes increasingly rancorous, old flame and fellow successful writer Brian Callahan (Patrick Wilson) pops back into her life. Despite an initial mood of resentment between them, their love begins to blossom again and they must figure out if they were truly meant to b...
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e together. Meanwhile, their friends Michael "The Murph" Murphy (Edward Burns) and Kate Scott (Debra Messing) must deal with a past relationship of their own. Co-starring Dennis Farina and Max Baker (LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT, CONSTANTINE), PURPLE VIOLENTS, like many of Burns's films, is a love letter to New York City partially in the tradition of Woody Allen.
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An unhappy woman finds new love with her old boyfriend in this romantic comedy-drama from writer and director Edward Burns. Patti Selma Blair) is a woman in her early thirties living in New York City. For years, Patti chased after her dream of becoming a successful novelist, but recently she's had to put writing on hold and is unhappily working in real estate. Patti's ennui isn't helped by the fact her marriage has fallen into a rut and neither she nor her husband are interested in one another anymore. When she was in college, Patti was in love with Brian (Patrick Wilson), and while Brian is fortunate enough to s...
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upport himself writing crime fiction, he's smarting from the uncharitable reviews given to his latest and most personal work. One night, Patti is having dinner with her best friend Kate (Debra Messing) when she bumps into Brian, who is out with his friend Murph (Edward Burns), who in turn used to be involved with Kate. As the former lovers talk about their past and where life has taken them, Patti finds herself falling for Brian all over again, but both she and Brian are still dealing with the differences and insecurities that drove them apart years before. Purple Violets received its world premiere at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.
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Patti Peterson (Selma Blair) is een ongelukkige dertiger in New York City, die haar droom om schrijfster te worden heeft moeten opgeven. Toch blijft het verlangen om ooit een groot auteur te worden, helemaal als ze haar eerste liefde Brian (Patrick Wilson) - zelf een succesvol misdaadschrijver - weer ontmoet. Die bewuste avond is ze uit met haar beste vriendin Kate (Debra Messing). Brian is op stap met zijn vriend Murphy (Edward Burns), die weer een relatie heeft gehad met Kate. Als de vier verhalen ophalen over vroeger, wordt Patti opnieuw verliefd op Brian. Maar ze komt ook tot de ontdekking dat de problemen va...
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