"Triumph epitomizes adversity"
Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.
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Sally Hawkins
Maud Lewis
Ethan Hawke
Everett Lewis
Gabrielle Rose
Aunt Ida
Billy MacLellan
Frank
Zachary Bennett
Charles Dowley
Kari Matchett
Sandra
David Feehan
Paul
Lawrence Barry
Mr. Davis (Shopkeeper)
Marthe Bernard
Kay
Greg Malone
Mr. Hill
It all began on a couch. He watched her undress and they made love for the first time.
Alex is very close to his elderly grandmother partly because his busy parents seem to have little or no time for him. One day he surprises two boys from his school leaving her house and is shocked to find her tied up inside – they have robbed her! Alex is sworn to secrecy as his gran is worried that her daughter will think her incompetent. This secret leads Alex into trouble as the two boys accost him in the street and bully him into becoming a pickpocket ("tasjesdief") for them, mugging old ladies. Alex learns how to deal with this situation in the end.
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The wife of a pastor who preaches against homosexuality embarks on an affair with a female writer.
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lovely Selima. In keeping with tradition, Selima is assigned to sleep with Truscott and teach him the native language and customs. But when they fall in love, both colonists and natives object to their plans to marry.
A talented singer leaves the Atlanta music scene and starts over in small-town Tennessee, where she finds love and new purpose but can't escape the past.
Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later that day she tracks him down. One thing leads to another and Nelson ends up living with her through a November that will change his life forever.
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Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?
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A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love.
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