
The Yellow Handkerchief(2009)
A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.


“Life tries to break you. Love holds you together.”
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

Morris Chestnut
Dave Johnson

Taraji P. Henson
Clarice Clark

Maeve Quinlan
Julie Sawyer

Kevin Hart
Tree

Jenifer Lewis
Mary 'Mama' Clark

Eddie Cibrian
Brock Houseman

Wood Harris
Darnell Gooden

Niecy Nash-Betts
Michelle
Albert Hall
Bishop Wilkes
Jeff Krebs
Trauma Doctor
Not Easily Broken is a drama, romance film released in 2009. Directed by Bill Duke, it stars Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson, Maeve Quinlan. A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
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