A.K.A. BR: Buffy, a Caça-Vampiros&nbsp; IL: באפי קוטלת הערפדים&nbsp; IT: Buffy - L'ammazzavampiri&nbsp; US: BtVS&nbsp;

	Magnolia
	Action Drama • 8/10
	Released • 1999
	24 hours in L.A.; it's raining cats and dogs. Two parallel and intercut stories dramatize men about to die: both are estranged from a grown child, both want to make contact, and neither child wants anything to do with dad. Earl Partridge's son is a charismatic misogynist; Jimmy Gator's daughter is a cokehead and waif. A mild and caring nurse intercedes for Earl, reaching the son; a prayerful and upright beat cop meets the daughter, is attracted to her, and leads her toward a new calm. Meanwhile, guilt consumes Earl's young wife, while two whiz kids, one grown and a loser and the other young and pressured, face their situations. The weather, too, is quirky.—