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  • Truly Madly Deeply

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    Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his return as a ghost. At first it’s almost as good as it used to be – hey, even the rats that infested her house have disappeared. But Jamie starts bringing ghostly friends home and behaving more and…

  • Sarah, Plain and Tall

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    Kansas, 1910. Widowed farmer Jacob Witting finds that taking care of both his farm and two children, Anna and Caleb, is too difficult to handle alone. John takes out an ad in a newspaper for a mail-order bride, to which the “plain and tall” Sarah Wheaton answers, soon traveling from Maine to Kansas to become…

  • Moonlight and Valentino

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    A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.

  • Maborosi

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    A tragedy strikes a young woman’s life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.

  • Ponette

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    After losing her mother in a car accident that leaves her with a broken arm, 4-year-old Ponette struggles with anguish and fear. Left by her father with a caring aunt and her children, Ponette grieves, secretly hoping her mother will somehow come back. Confused by the religious explanations provided by adults, and challenged by the…

  • In the Gloaming

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    Danny, dying of AIDS, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny’s father and his sister.

  • Twinless

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    Roman returns to his hometown for the funeral of his identical twin, Rocky. Rocky was extroverted, intelligent, gay, and adored by many – Roman’s exact opposite. Untethered from his other half, Roman finds support in the form of a twin bereavement group. It’s here that he sparks an instant connection with Dennis, who reminds him…

  • Still Walking

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    A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

  • The Messenger

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    Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone, to give notice to the families of fallen soldiers. The Sergeant is drawn to Olivia Pitterson, to whom he has delivered news of her husband’s death.

  • Lilting

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    A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don’t share a language, they grow close through their grief.

  • Alice in Terrorland

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    A recently bereaved teenage girl goes to live with her aunt in a secluded woodland house, unaware that sinister forces lurk within.

  • The Room Next Door

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    Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely…