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City of Angels (1998)

City of Angels (1998)

PG-13 114 minutes EN Romance , Drama , Fantasy
She didn't believe in angels until she fell in love with one.
When guardian angel Seth – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by Maggie, a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.
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