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Driving Miss Daisy

The funny, touching and totally irresistible story of a working relationship that became a 25-year friendship.

Rating 7.2 / 10Release December 13, 1989Runtime 99 min

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.

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