Based on the Book of Exodus, with an interfaith love story added to spice things up, it depicts three of the plagues and the parting of the Red Sea all of which can be headaches for a producer.

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This incident brings to mind a lesser-known fact about the Hamptons: it's a place where conservative Wall Street tycoons have long co-existed with artists, many of whom love the delicate, ever-changing light that results from the region being almost entirely surrounded by sea.

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