A Time of Destiny (1988) is an American drama film directed by Gregory Nava and written by Nava and Anna Thomas. The story is based on the opera La forza del destino by Verdi. The motion picture was executive produced by Shep Gordon and Carolyn Pfeiffer. It features original music by veteran composer Ennio Morricone.
A Time of Destiny, set during World War II in Italy and San Diego, tells of two friends who become enemies during the war.
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A Time of Destiny (1988) is an American drama film directed by Gregory Nava and written by Nava and Anna Thomas. The story is based on the opera La forza del destino by Verdi. The motion picture was executive produced by Shep Gordon and Carolyn Pfeiffer. It features original music by veteran composer Ennio Morricone.
A Time of Destiny, set during World War II in Italy and San Diego, tells of two friends who become enemies during the war.
Martin (William Hurt) and Jack (Timothy Hutton) are very good soldier friends during World War II.
While their friendship grows they do not realize they are brothers-in-law. Martin eventually learns that Jack is married to his sister Josie (Melissa Leo).
When Jack and Josie elope, Jorge (Francisco Rabal), her Basque immigrant father, tracks them down and abducts his daughter in order to dominate her with his "old-world" notions of marriage. However, when Jorge Larraneta drowns in a lake after an auto accident, Martin (the black-sheep of the family)...
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