Children of Divorce

Children of Divorce

192770 min5.9 / 10

A 1920s romantic melodrama centered on a love triangle born from deception, where fear of repeating parental failure drives the central conflict.

A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another woman, but didn't marry her for fear the marriage would end in divorce, like his parents'. Complications ensue.

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