Clara's Heart

Clara's wisdom. Clara's warmth. Clara's secret.

David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies. Clara is a chambermaid at a Jamaican resort who's hired to be a housekeeper. She and David develop a close bond, opening his eyes and heart to new experiences, and eventually leading to a disturbing secret in Clara's past.

• Release date
• October 7, 1988
• Runtime
• 108 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Robert Mulligan

Cast

Whoopi Goldberg Clara Mayfield Michael Ontkean Bill Hart Kathleen Quinlan Leona Hart Neil Patrick Harris David Hart Spalding Gray Peter Epstein Jason Downs Alan Lipsky Hattie Winston Blanche Loudon Beverly Todd Dora Cambridge