Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium)
Directed by: Zach HelmCast list: Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Jason Bateman, Zach Mills
Country: USA
Year: 2007
Genres: Comedy / Fantasy /
Runtime: 94 min.
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Molly Mahoney is the manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the awesome toy store owned by Mr. Edward Magorium. Molly was a promising composer and piano player when she was a girl, and now she is a twenty-three year-old insecure woman that feels stuck in her job. Among the costumers of the Emporium is the lonely hat collector, Eric Applebaum, who has only Molly and Mr. Magorium for friends. When the last pair of shoes that Mr. Magorium bought in Toscana is worn, he hires the accountant, Henry Weston to adjust the accounts of the Emporium. Furthermore, he claims that he is two hundred and forty-three years old and his time to go has come.
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Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Mathematics /
Topics: education in human values / children, children’s rights / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / elderly, retirement / books and writing /
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