Freeheld

IMDb link: 1658801
IMDb rating: 6.6 (13,747 votes)
Genres: Drama, Biography, Romance
Director: Michael Shannon, Ellen Page, Peter Sollett
Cast: Steve Carell, Julianne Moore and others

Release date: 19 Feb 2016
Release year: 2015
Runtime: 103 minutes
Country: United States, United Kingdom
Keywords: partner, cancer, public hearing, hair loss, kiss, politics, death, dying, domestic partnership, protest

Plot:

Laurel Hester (Moore), a decorated New Jersey police detective, is diagnosed with cancer and wants to leave her hard-earned pension to her domestic partner, Stacie (Page). However, the county officials, Freeholders, conspire to prevent Laurel from doing this. Laurel's hard-nosed detective colleague, Dane Wells (Shannon), and activist Steven Goldstein (Carell), unite in Laurel and Stacie's defence.

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