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Eileen is grieving. She needs to get away. She rents a house in a remote corner of New Hampshire, in the dead of winter, where no one is likely to bother her. But wouldn't you know it? Someone does. Jesse is young, impetuous, charismatic, and evasive. He claims to be the son of the couple who own the house, but Eileen isn't inclined to believe him. She's a brilliant writer with her own demons and secrets; she knows a fellow lost soul when she sees...

Drowning in the depths of depression and sadness, burning with anger, and chained down by alcoholism, Jonathan couldn't do anymore. After the loss of his father as a young boy, facing countless horrific death scenes in the line of duty, and the death of his first son, Jonathan turned to the world for answers-finding only darkness. Facing the threat of losing his job as a police officer, the loss of his wife and daughter, and contemplating suicide,...

"On a busy night at Blair General Hospital in New York City, head nurse Molly Byrd returns from a three-week vacation and asks her staff about resident Dr. James Kildare, whose fiancée, nurse Mary Lamont, was killed the day before their wedding. Byrd is told that Kildare has been carrying on only because of his love of medicine. Head surgeon Dr. Leonard Gillespie, Kildare's wheelchair-bound mentor, is also concerned and orders him to take a night...

Nicole, a shy New York City high school student still mourning the drowning death of her beloved dad. When Nicole is sent to California to spend the summer with the free-spirited grandmother she barely knows, she'll learn a shocking family secret she yearns to understand. Now on a quest to Baja Mexico, Nicole will discover friendship, romance, the thrill of surfing, and a link to her late father that could change her life forever.

After a devastating loss, an unexpected invitation launches Tana on a solitary road trip through the Midwest, reconnecting with family, seeking closure, and making unexpected connections along the way.

In a bustling Mexican household, seven-year-old Sol is swept up in the whirlwind of preparations for her terminally ill father's birthday party, led by her mother, aunts, and other relatives. As the day builds to an event both anticipated and dreaded, Sol and her family begin to understand the gravity of this year's celebration. Lila Avilés directs a dynamic ensemble cast in this stunning sophomore effort-a warmly observed, poignantly funny, and...

After the death of his wife, Kenzaburo receives an unexpected letter from beyond the grave. His late wife asks him to travel to Lake Windermere in England with their son to scatter her ashes. Plagued by sweet and painful memories of his wife, Kenzaburo travels to England from Tokyo to fulfill her final wish, but the father and son's fraught relationship threatens to upend their journey.

Reeling from the shock of their young daughter's death, Ben and Hazel attempt to restart their lives in a picturesque seaside village. But when the girl begins appearing to Ben in a haunting recurring dream, he becomes convinced that she is attempting to make contact from beyond the grave, and that his nightmare may hold the key to bringing her back to life.

Years after an unspeakable tragedy tore their lives apart, two sets of parents agree to talk privately in an attempt to move forward. In Fran Kranz's writing and directing debut, he thoughtfully examines their journey of grief, anger, and acceptance by coming face-to-face with the ones who have been left behind.

After Kate's husband dies, she withdraws into a world of vodka and grief - and Halloween costumes. When she befriends three lonely teenagers her friends and family are appalled, yet she is discovering the woman she might become.