Carolina (2003)

Director
Marleen Gorris

Main cast
Julia Stiles; Alessandro Nivola; Shirley MacLaine; Mika Boorem; Azura Skye

Genres
Comedy, Romance

Description
Carolina is a 2003 romantic comedy film directed by Marleen Gorris, starring Julia Stiles, Shirley MacLaine, Alessandro Nivola, Mika Boorem, Randy Quaid, and Jennifer Coolidge. Lisa Sheridan has a cameo role in the film, and Barbara Eden has the uncredited part of Daphne. It is set in Los Angeles, California. Shot in 2003, the film failed to find a distributor and was released direct-to-video in 2005.


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