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A Secret Love

  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
5.1K
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A Secret Love (2020)
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Falling in love in 1947, two women -- Pat Henschel and pro baseball player Terry Donahue -- begin a 65-year journey of love and overcoming prejudice.Falling in love in 1947, two women -- Pat Henschel and pro baseball player Terry Donahue -- begin a 65-year journey of love and overcoming prejudice.Falling in love in 1947, two women -- Pat Henschel and pro baseball player Terry Donahue -- begin a 65-year journey of love and overcoming prejudice.

  • Director
    • Chris Bolan
  • Writers
    • Chris Bolan
    • Alexa L. Fogel
    • Brendan Mason
  • Stars
    • Terry Donahue
    • Pat Henschel
    • Diana Bolan
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    5.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Chris Bolan
    • Writers
      • Chris Bolan
      • Alexa L. Fogel
      • Brendan Mason
    • Stars
      • Terry Donahue
      • Pat Henschel
      • Diana Bolan
    • 53User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Terry Donahue
    Terry Donahue
    • Self
    Pat Henschel
    Pat Henschel
    • Self
    Diana Bolan
    Diana Bolan
    • Self - Terry's Niece
    Kim Donahue
    Kim Donahue
    • Self - Diana's Brother…
    Tammy Donahue
    Tammy Donahue
    • Self - Diana's Sister…
    Jack Xagas
    Jack Xagas
    • Self - Friend of Terry and Pat
    John Byrd
    John Byrd
    • Self - Friend of Terry and Pat
    John Sorenson
    John Sorenson
    • Self - Date County Florida, Morals and Juvenile Squad
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Detective John Sorenson)
    Yvonne Zipter
    Yvonne Zipter
    • Self - Author, Manuscript Editor, University of Chicago Press
    Marge Summit
    Marge Summit
    • Self - Activist, Former Bar Owner, his 'n hers
    Tracy Baim
    Tracy Baim
    • Self - Publisher, Windy City Times…
    Jeff Samburg
    Jeff Samburg
    • Self - Physical Trainer
    • (as Jeff Sandberg)
    Nathan Rudd
    • Police Officer
    • Director
      • Chris Bolan
    • Writers
      • Chris Bolan
      • Alexa L. Fogel
      • Brendan Mason
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    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews53

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    10gamead-92067

    Beautiful yet heartbreaking. Just bittersweet

    Just watched this beautiful documentary and I am bawling my eyes out! Such a lovely story omg :( This is what I call true love!! These two ladies are queens af!! I bow down to them!

    "No regrets. I'd do it all over again. I think love is love and it's the most important thing."
    9torijoyous-69964

    Pretty Much Perfect

    This film was engaging from the get-go and stayed good throughout. I got goosebumps many times, and my husband cried a lot. A beautiful story that kept us so interested from beginning to end.
    10slawhoa

    Love is Love

    Love is beautiful. This is a must watch and a lesson to all of us that we only have 1 life to live so live it as best you know and with love
    7Xstal

    Endearing & Enduring Tale of Love...

    ... about two sprightly ladies overcoming the prejudice of generations to be together. Hopefully this goes someway to removing those prejudices, indeed any prejudice that continues to exist today, through the joy of two people in love with each other. Also a documentary about them growing older, the dilemmas of friends and family on how best to support them as they do - has parallels and dilemmas that we will all have to face sometime, that is if we're not facing them already.
    9mandhfrost

    Watch this to melt your heart

    As a middle age suburban woman who is open minded but doesn't know many gay couples,this documentary was BEAUTIFUL. I laughed, I cried! Love is Love!

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    • Trivia
      Since Terry Donahue's death, Pat Henschel remains connected to her wife's family--including Terry's niece Diana Bolan, featured prominently in the documentary. Henschel and Bolan's bond has utterly transformed since the documentary was filmed; they are now very close.
    • Quotes

      Pat Henschel: It's called "Always - I'll Remember This Night."

      [reads poem]

      Pat Henschel: "It might have been just one more walk / Beneath a moonlight hue / But darling - it meant everything / Because I walked with you / It might have been just one more night / A single night of seven / My darling - you were there with me / 'Twas one more night of heaven / On we sauntered seldom speaking / As we passed through Moonlight Lane / Happiness walked there inside me / When you smiled and called my name / Hours fled like winged moments / Hand in hand we walked alone / 'Twas one night I shall remember / One more night to call our own."

    • Connections
      Features A League of Their Own (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      Take This Dance
      Written by Carmen Phelan
      Performed by Misty River

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    • Release date
      • April 29, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gizli Bir Aşk
    • Filming locations
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Production companies
      • Beech Hill Films
      • Blumhouse Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 21m(81 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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