The Hours
Directed by	Stephen Daldry
Produced by	Mark Huffam
Written by	Michael Cunningham (novel), David Hare (screenplay)
Starring	Nicole Kidman Julianne Moore Meryl Streep Ed Harris John C. Reilly
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (US) Miramax Films (worldwide)
Release date(s)	December 27, 2002
Running time	114 min
Language	English
Budget	$25,000,000 (estimated)
IMDb profile

The Hours is a 2002 Academy Award winning film and Best Picture nominee about three women of different generations and times whose lives are interconnected by Virginia Woolf's novel, Mrs Dalloway. All the action takes place within the span of one day. Nicole Kidman portrays renowned British author Woolf (1923), Julianne Moore plays a troubled housewife in 1951 who is reading the novel and Meryl Streep plays a lesbian book editor in 2001 who is the embodiment of Mrs Dalloway & is coping with a friend dying from AIDS. Miranda Richardson plays Vanessa Bell. Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Jeff Daniels and John C. Reilly also star. Image File history File linksMetadata The_hours. ... Stephen David Daldry, CBE (born May 2, 1961 in Dorset, England, United Kingdom) is a British movie director and producer. ... Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an award-winning American writer/novelist, best known for his 1998 Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Hours. ... 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The film's screenplay was written by David Hare, based on the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award-winning 1998 novel, The Hours by Michael Cunningham. The film was directed by Stephen Daldry, with a soundtrack by Philip Glass. Sir David Hare (born June 5, 1947) is an English dramatist and director. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to an American author. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Hours is a novel written by Michael Cunningham. ... Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an award-winning American writer/novelist, best known for his 1998 Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Hours. ... Stephen David Daldry, CBE (born May 2, 1961 in Dorset, England, United Kingdom) is a British movie director and producer. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

One of the most acclaimed films of 2002, The Hours received many awards and award nominations. The movie won the 2003 Golden Globe Best Dramatic Film and received nine Academy Award nominations. Kidman won both the Best Dramatic Actress Golden Globe and the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in the film. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 1944 - The Song of Bernadette 1945 - Going My Way 1946 - The Lost Weekend 1947 - The Best Years of Our Lives 1948 - Gentlemans Agreement 1949 - Johnny Belinda; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1950 - All the Kings Men 1951 - Sunset Boulevard 1952 - A Place in the Sun 1953 - The... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... 1944 - Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette 1945 - Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight 1946 - Ingrid Bergman, The Bells of St. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...

Cast & crew

• Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf
• Julianne Moore as Laura Brown
• Meryl Streep as Clarissa Vaughan
• Stephen Dillane as Leonard Woolf
• Miranda Richardson as Vanessa Bell
• George Loftus as Quentin Bell
• Charley Ramm as Julian Bell
• Sophie Wyburd as Angelica Bell
• Lyndsey Marshal as Lottie Hope
• Linda Bassett as Nelly Boxall
• Christian Coulson as Ralph Partridge
• Michael Culkin as Doctor
• John C. Reilly as Dan Brown
• Jack Rovello as Richie
• Toni Collette as Kitty
• Margo Martindale as Mrs. Latch
• Colin Stinton as Hotel clerk
• Ed Harris as Richard Brown
• Allison Janney as Sally Lester
• Claire Danes as Julia Vaughan
• Jeff Daniels as Louis Waters
• Eileen Atkins as Barbara in the flower shop
• Carmen De Lavallade as Clarissa's Neighbor
• Daniel Brocklebank as Rodney
• Michael Cunningham as Man outside flower shop (uncredited)
• Kate Super as Young Clarissa Vaughan (uncredited)

Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born June 20, 1967), is an Academy Award-winning Australian[1] actress. ... For the American childrens writer, see Virginia Euwer Wolff Virginia Woolf (née Stephen) (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941) was an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. ... Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith on December 3, 1960) in Fayetteville, North Carolina is an American actress. ... Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, two-time SAG-winning, Grammy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ... Stephen Dillane (born 30 November 1956, London, England) is a Tony Award winning British Actor. ... Leonard Woolf (November 25, 1880 – August 14, 1969) married Virginia Woolf in 1912. ... Miranda Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an Academy Award nominated English actress. ... Vanessa Bell Vanessa Bell (May 28, 1879 – April 7, 1961), was an English painter and interior designer and a member of the Bloomsbury group. ... Quentin Bell (1910 – December 16, 1996) was an English art historian. ... Julian Heward Bell (February 4, 1908 – July 18, 1937) was an English poet, and the son of Clive and Vanessa Bell. ... Sophie Wyburd has appeared in [The Hours (2001)]-(Angelica Bell) and [Peter Pan (2003)]-(Jane Darling-alternate ending). ... Angelica Garnett (née Bell, December 25, 1918) is a British author and artist. ... Lyndsey Marshal began her career as a theatrical performer. ... Christian Coulson (born 3 October 1978) is a British actor most famous for his film appearance as Tom Marvolo Riddle, the teenage Lord Voldemort, in the second installment of the Harry Potter film franchise, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. ... John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Toni Collette promoting In Her Shoes Antonia Collette (born November 1, 1972) is an Academy award-nominated Australian actress. ... Margo Martindale (born July 18, 1951, in Jacksonville, Texas) is a Tony Award-nominated stage, television and film actress. ... Edward Allen Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known for his performances in The Right Stuff, Apollo 13 and Pollock, among many others. ... Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959 in Dayton, Ohio) is an Emmy-winning American actress, most famous for her portrayal of C.J. Cregg on the American television series The West Wing. ... Claire Catherine Danes (born on April 12, 1979) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American film, television, and theater actress. ... For other persons of this name, see Jeff Daniels (disambiguation). ... Dame Eileen June Atkins, DBE (born June 16, 1934 in London, England) is a British writer and an award-winning film and theatre actress. ... Daniel Brocklebank Daniel Brocklebank (born 21 December 1979, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England) is a British stage, screen and voice actor. ... Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an award-winning American writer/novelist, best known for his 1998 Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Hours. ...

Reception

Box Office

The Hours received a limited release in both Canada and the USA on December 27, 2002 with a wider release on February 14, 2003 to capitalise on its Oscar nominations success, and its last international release was in Kuwait on November 18, 2003.With an estimated budget of $25,000,000 The Hours was a box office success with a total gross of $41,675,994 in the U.S.A. and Canada and $67,170,078 overseas, making a total of $108,846,072 worldwide, more than four times its budget. It was the 56th highest grossing movie released in 2002. December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ...

Reviews

The Hours was well received by critics and has an 80% "fresh" rating on the prominent critics reviews site Rotten Tomatoes. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

The main praise for The Hours came in the form of its acting, specifically Nicole Kidman, who with a prosthetic nose was barely recognizable in her role as Virginia Woolf. Stephen Hunter of The New York Times wrote "Ms. Kidman, in a performance of astounding bravery, evokes the savage inner war waged by a brilliant mind against a system of faulty wiring that transmits a searing, crazy static into her brain". Indeed Kidman went on to win both the Golden Globe for Best Dramatic Actress and Oscar for Best Actress and in both ceremonies she was nominated alongside co-star Julianne Moore for Far From Heaven, while Meryl Streep, and Ed Harris received Golden Globe nominations (Streep in the same category as Kidman), and Julianne Moore and Ed Harris received Oscar nominations in the supporting actress and actor category. Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born June 20, 1967), is an Academy Award-winning Australian[1] actress. ... For the American childrens writer, see Virginia Euwer Wolff Virginia Woolf (née Stephen) (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941) was an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith on December 3, 1960) in Fayetteville, North Carolina is an American actress. ... Far from Heaven is a 2002 film written and directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Ryan Ward, Patricia Clarkson, and James Rebhorn. ... Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, two-time SAG-winning, Grammy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ... Edward Allen Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known for his performances in The Right Stuff, Apollo 13 and Pollock, among many others. ... Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith on December 3, 1960) in Fayetteville, North Carolina is an American actress. ...

Music

• See The Hours (soundtrack).

The Hours is the original soundtrack album, on the Elektra/Nonesuch label, of the 2002 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film The Hours, starring Nicole Kidman (who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Virginia Woolf in this film), Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore. ...

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards: Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...

• Nominated: Best Picture
• Win: Best Actress - Nicole Kidman
• Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Ed Harris
• Nominated: Best Supporting Actress - Julianne Moore
• Nominated: Best Director - Stephen Daldry
• Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay - David Hare
• Nominated: Best Costume Design
• Nominated: Best Editing
• Nominated: Best Score

Art Directors Guild: Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born June 20, 1967), is an Academy Award-winning Australian[1] actress. ... Edward Allen Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known for his performances in The Right Stuff, Apollo 13 and Pollock, among many others. ... Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith on December 3, 1960) in Fayetteville, North Carolina is an American actress. ... Stephen David Daldry, CBE (born May 2, 1961 in Dorset, England, United Kingdom) is a British movie director and producer. ... Sir David Hare (born June 5, 1947) is an English dramatist and director. ... Art Directors Guild is the guild of the American Art Directors. ...

• Nominated: Excellence in Production Design Award (Contemporary Films)

Berlin International Film Festival: The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, is one of the most important film festivals in Europe and the world. ...

• Win: Silver Berlin Bear (Best Actress) - Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, and Julianne Moore
• Win: Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost" - Stephen Daldry
• Nominated: Golden Berlin Bear - Stephen Daldry

Boston Society of Film Critics: Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born June 20, 1967), is an Academy Award-winning Australian[1] actress. ... Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, two-time SAG-winning, Grammy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ... Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith on December 3, 1960) in Fayetteville, North Carolina is an American actress. ... Stephen David Daldry, CBE (born May 2, 1961 in Dorset, England, United Kingdom) is a British movie director and producer. ... Stephen David Daldry, CBE (born May 2, 1961 in Dorset, England, United Kingdom) is a British movie director and producer. ... The Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) is organization of film reviewers from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, based publications. ...

• Win: Best Supporting Actress - Toni Collette

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• Win: Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music - Philip Glass
• Win: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nicole Kidman
• Nominated: Best Film
• Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Meryl Streep
• Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Julianne Moore
• Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Ed Harris
• Nominated: David Lean Award for Direction - Stephen Daldry
• Nominated: Best Screenplay (Adapted) - David Hare
• Nominated: Best Make Up/Hair
• Nominated: Best Editing
• Nominated: Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film

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• Nominated: Best Picture
• Nominated: Best Actress - Nicole Kidman
• Nominated: Best Acting Ensemble
• Nominated: Best Composer - Philip Glass

Casting Society of America: Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born June 20, 1967), is an Academy Award-winning Australian[1] actress. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Founded in Los Angeles, California in 1982, the Casting Society of America (CSA) is a professional society of about 350 casting directors for film, television, and theatre in Australia, Canada, England, Italy, and the United States. ...

• Win: Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama - Daniel Swee

Director's Guild of America: Directors Guild of America (DGA) is the labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry. ...

• Nominated: Best Director - Stephen Daldry

GLAAD Media Awards: Stephen David Daldry, CBE (born May 2, 1961 in Dorset, England, United Kingdom) is a British movie director and producer. ... The GLAAD Media Awards were created in 1990 by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to recognize and honor the media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives. ...

• Win: Outstanding Film - Wide Release

Golden Globe Awards: The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

• Win: Best Picture, Drama
• Win: Best Actress, Drama - Nicole Kidman
• Nominated: Best Actress, Drama - Meryl Streep
• Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Ed Harris
• Nominated: Best Director - Stephen Daldry
• Nominated: Best Original Score - Philip Glass
• Nominated: Best Screenplay - David Hare

Grammy Awards: Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born June 20, 1967), is an Academy Award-winning Australian[1] actress. ... Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, two-time SAG-winning, Grammy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ... Edward Allen Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known for his performances in The Right Stuff, Apollo 13 and Pollock, among many others. ... Stephen David Daldry, CBE (born May 2, 1961 in Dorset, England, United Kingdom) is a British movie director and producer. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Sir David Hare (born June 5, 1947) is an English dramatist and director. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music...

• Nominated: Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media - Philip Glass

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• Win: Best Actress - Nicole Kidman
• Win: Best Supporting Actor - John C. Reilly

Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born June 20, 1967), is an Academy Award-winning Australian[1] actress. ... John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) was founded in 1975. ...

• Win: Best Actress - Julianne Moore

National Board of Review: Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith on December 3, 1960) in Fayetteville, North Carolina is an American actress. ... The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of cinema, to protest New York City Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr. ...

• Win: Best Picture

Prestige Academy Awards: The 2005 Prestige Awards Poster The Prestige Academy of Motion Pictures is a Virginia Beach based group that promotes film in the regional community. ...

• Win: Best Film
• Win: Best Actress - Nicole Kidman
• Win: Best Supporting Actress - Julianne Moore
• Win: Best Supporting Actor - Ed Harris
• Win: Best Actress in a Limited Role - Miranda Richardson
• Win: Best Adapted Screenplay - David Hare
• Win: Best Original Score - Philip Glass
• Win: Best Art Direction/Set Decoration
• Win: Best Editing - Peter Boyle
• Nominated: Best Actress - Meryl Streep
• Nominated: Best Director - Stephen Daldry
• Nominated: Best Ensemble Cast Performance
• Nominated: Best Cinematography
• Nominated: Best Costume Design
• Nominated: Best Juvenile Performance - Jack Rovello
• Nominated: Best Make Up

Screen Actors Guild: Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born June 20, 1967), is an Academy Award-winning Australian[1] actress. ... Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith on December 3, 1960) in Fayetteville, North Carolina is an American actress. ... Edward Allen Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known for his performances in The Right Stuff, Apollo 13 and Pollock, among many others. ... Miranda Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an Academy Award nominated English actress. ... Sir David Hare (born June 5, 1947) is an English dramatist and director. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Peter Lawrence Boyle (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an Emmy Award-winning American actor. ... Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, two-time SAG-winning, Grammy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ... Stephen David Daldry, CBE (born May 2, 1961 in Dorset, England, United Kingdom) is a British movie director and producer. ... The Screen Actors Guild (S.A.G.) is the labor union representing over 120,000 film actors in the United States. ...

• Nominated: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Nicole Kidman
• Nominated: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Ed Harris
• Nominated: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Julianne Moore
• Nominated: Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture

Southeastern Film Critics Association: Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born June 20, 1967), is an Academy Award-winning Australian[1] actress. ... Edward Allen Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known for his performances in The Right Stuff, Apollo 13 and Pollock, among many others. ... Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith on December 3, 1960) in Fayetteville, North Carolina is an American actress. ... The Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) is an organization of film reviewers from publications based in the Southeastern United States. ...

• Win: Best Picture
• Writers Guild of America:
• Win: Best Adapted Screenplay - David Hare

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries in the United States. ... Sir David Hare (born June 5, 1947) is an English dramatist and director. ...

Quotes

• "Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself." (Virginia Woolf discovering the first line to her novel Mrs. Dalloway in 1923; Laura Brown moments later onscreen reads the first line of Mrs. Dalloway, in the early 1950s).
• "Sally, I think I'll buy the flowers myself." (Clarissa Vaughan to her partner, Sally Lester (onscreen), moments after Laura Brown reads the first line of Mrs. Dalloway)
• "A woman's whole life in a single day. Just one day. And in that day her whole life."
• "Oh, Mrs. Dalloway... Always giving parties to cover the silence".
• "My life has been stolen from me. I am living in a town I have no wish to live in. I am living a life I have no wish to live. How did this happen?"
• "If I were thinking clearly? If I were thinking clearly, Leonard, I would tell you that I wrestle alone in the dark, in the deep dark, and only I can know, only I can understand my own condition. You live with the threat, you tell me. You live with the threat of my own extinction. Leonard, I live with it too.
• I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been" (Virginia Woolf to Leonard Woolf and later Richard to Clarissa).
• "'I remember one morning, getting up at dawn. There was such a sense of possibility. And I remember thinking to myself, "This is the beginning of happiness. This is where it starts. And of course, there'll always be more". It never occurred to me. It wasn't the beginning. It was happiness. It was the moment. Right then'".
• "You cannot find peace by avoiding life, Leonard".
• "If it is a choice between Richmond and death, I choose death."
• "What does it mean to regret when you have no choice? It's what you can bear".
• "Dear Leonard, to look life in the face, always to look life in the face and to know it for what it is. At last, to know it, to love it, for what it is and then to put it away. Leonard, always the years between us, always the years, always the love. Always the hours."

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Trivia

• All three leading ladies (Kidman, Moore, and Streep) kiss another woman at some point during the film.
• The Hours author Michael Cunningham makes a cameo appearance as the man walking toward Clarissa (Meryl Streep) before she enters the flower shop.

Martin Scorsese appears briefly in an uncredited role in this scene from his feature film Taxi Driver. ...

Pictures

Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf Image File history File linksMetadata The_hours-nicole_kidman. ... Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born June 20, 1967), is an Academy Award-winning Australian[1] actress. ...

Julianne Moore as Laura Brown Image File history File linksMetadata The_hours-julianne_moore. ... Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith on December 3, 1960) in Fayetteville, North Carolina is an American actress. ...

Ed Harris as Richard Brown Image File history File linksMetadata The_hours-ed_harris. ... Edward Allen Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known for his performances in The Right Stuff, Apollo 13 and Pollock, among many others. ...

See also

• Suicide
• List of suicides
• List of films about suicide

Suicide (Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of intentionally taking ones own life. ... // The following are lists of notable people who have definitely died intentionally by their own hand, regardless of the circumstances. ... This is a list of films about suicide, divided between those in which the suicide is the main theme of the and those in which the act of suicide is committed but is not the main theme. ...

Footnotes

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