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“There is no reason for the state to interfere with the burial—it’s heart-wrenching,” his widow, Esther Lungu, told reporters in August.

And in their first feature lead role, the queer, L.A.-born actor Tonatiuh embodies all of Molina’s contradictions — his bluster, his pain, his radiance — to heart-wrenching effect.

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The most heart-wrenching reunion is between two teenage girls and involves a not-quite-murder.

The barricade is also where the actor who plays Fantine, Lindsay Heather Pearce, sits for a time when she becomes part of the ensemble after singing the heart-wrenching “I Dreamed a Dream.”

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It's used to heart-wrenching effect on their debut album, singing of the physical ache of unrequited love, over delicately strummed guitars and brushed drums.

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