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My Life As A Dog (1987) The Cider House Rules (1999) is a partial but touching and well-crafted adaptation of John Irving's novel (focusing on Homer Wells and ignoring Melony). Wilbur Larch is a doctor who runs an orphanatrophy in a small town. A child, who was twice adopted and twice returned, becomes his favorite. He names him Homer Wells. Wilbur is a good man who also perform illegal abortions to avoid that pregnant girls die in the hands of unscrupolous practitioners. His only weakness is the passion for the ether, a powerful drug. Wilbur raises Homer like a son, teaching him the art of healing so he can stay and help out. Homer, already a young man, sleeps with the children. He shares their hopes and fears. Every time a couple comes to visit, the children line up hoping to be the ones selected. A child is always sick.
One day, though, taking advantage of a couple that came to the clinic for an abortion, Homer decides to venture in the world, even if Wilbur warns him that he won't find the same kind of home. Wilbur is disappointed because he had envisioned Homer as his own successor at the orphanatrophy. Homer is helped by the couple: Wally is a brave soldier, whose family is in the apple business, and Candy is a sweet girl. They both befriend him. Homer works with the black apple-pickers, led by the distinguished Mr Rose, and gets along well with everybody. When Wally volunteers for Burma, though, Candy and Homer fall in love. Wilbur sends him a bag with the doctor's tools, but Homer is not attracted. Wilbur knows that his superiors want to remove him from the clinic and would like to advance Homer's candidacy. Even the news of the death of the sick child do not change Homer's mind. He is too involved in the love story with Candy. At the end of the season, the apple workers leave and Homer joins Candy in the lobster business. When the apple workers come back, a tragedy erupts: Rose's daughter is pregnant and refuses to reveal who is the father. But one day Candy prevails and the girl confesses that she has always been abused by her father. Homer himself confronts him in front of the other workers. Then he performs the abortion on the girl using the tools sent by Wilbur. The girl runs away after stabbing her father to death. The dying father begs Homer to tell the police that he committed suicide, in order to save the girl. On top of all of this, Homer receives a letter from the nurse: Wilbur died of an overdose. Wally comes back paralized after contracting encephalitis in the jungle. He is a hero of war. Candy feels guilty and Homer helps her decide for Wally. Homer has seen the world, its tragedies and horrors, and now is ready to go back to the place where he grew up, a place where, after all, smiles are more sincere and frequent. The children are very happy to see him. Homer takes on the new identity that Wilbur had created for him: even academic credentials. And finds out that Wilbur saved him from the war by declaring him sick of a heart disease that he does not have. 		(Translation by/ Tradotto da xxx)

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