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1) Cake
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A look into the darkly funny world of Claire Bennett who initiates a dubious relationship with a widower while confronting fantastical hallucinations of his dead wife. With her feisty housekeeper-cum-caretaker ever at her side, Claire searches for human connection and self-forgiveness in this tale of personal redemption.
6) The visitor
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Lonely widower Walter befriends the immigrant couple who unwittingly leased his New York apartment, and fights for them when they are threatened with deportation.
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Embittered old mariner Abner is a widower living a solitary life. Withdrawn from his family and the tight-knit community of his small marine town, he is a grumpy and unsociable man who seems to live in the past, only finding comfort in the countless hours spent building a sailboat in his yard. When neglected young orphan Rick wanders onto Abner's property, hiding from the local bullies, the two find common ground and form an unlikely bond which will...
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"She's a busy student looking for a job. He's a widowed dad in need of some help. If his unruly kids will give her a chance, this could be the perfect professional relationship-- if only their feelings for each other weren't so personal. But with a little time and a lot of faith, these two just may find a way to make things work."--Container.
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Years after his wife died, Ned Stevens still hates the idea of dating. After all, why would he start dating again when he has his daughter Liz to take care of? But when Liz brings home a guest from college, Ned is thrown for a loop. Can Ned accept that his little girl has fallen in love with David, a practically perfect know-it-all who drives Ned crazy? As Ned tries to sabotage the relationship, Liz diverts his attention to Carol, the beautiful single...
10) Random hearts
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Internal affairs sergeant and a Congresswoman become entangled in a shocking mystery and an unexpected romance after their spouses are killed in a plane crash together.
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When Kyle loses his wife and three children to a car accident his entire family comes to help him mourn but instead they all turn inward to examine their own lives. Desperate for some private time for introspection, Kyle decides to nail himself into his room with some scrap wood. His brothers, friends, parents and even housekeeper are left to tend to him while they try to put the pieces of their own broken lives back together.
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"After suffering the tragic death of his wife, Troy Harper finds himself following her last request-- to build a porch for his Aunt Hilda. At Happy Valley, Hilda's Arizona retirement community, Troy meets her gruff neighbor, Bobby Walden, and a bawdy, wise-cracking, adorable group of elderly women who help him discover the special, surprising meaning behind his wife's mysterious wish that he "uncross the stars.""--Container.
14) Life with dog
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My wife had faith, I had doubt. Viewers would be surprised how well those two work together! That's been Joe Bigler's 'life operating manual' until his wife died in a mysterious bicycle accident. Now without her faith to help him mourn, and his doubt driving toward a mystery surrounding her death, Joe is left with more questions than he can handle, and quickly finds himself spiraling into a dark abyss, uncertain of all things.
16) To dust
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After his wife's death, a Hasidic Jew becomes obsessed with the decomposition of her body and seeks out the help of a biology professor to understand the process.
17) American dresser
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A recently widowed man consumed with grief embarks on a cross-country motorcycle ride with his friend and discovers a way to move on with his life.
18) Two times you
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Two couples are out at an event. Daniela and Rodrigo are ridiculously attractive. Daniela's cousin, Tania, is worried that she's missing out making her life feel more boring. She's married to Benny, who has antediluvian views of the role of a wife in a marriage. The couples get pretty wasted, and the women decide to go home with the other's husband. The problem is one of the car crashes, killing the partners of the people in the other vehicle. The...
19) Blind
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Blinded by the accident that killed his wife, novelist Bill Oakland falls for the socialite assigned to read to him as part of her community service for being associated with her husband's insider trading.
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