Cake (2014) on Netflix
After the crash that killed her son, Claire Bennett lives with chronic pain and grief. She seeks out Roy Collins, the widower of Nina, who killed herself.
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Plot summary
Claire Bennett, a former attorney, survived a car crash that killed her son. A year on, she is angry and in chronic pain, and Silvana, her housekeeper, sees to her needs. Claire takes too much pain medication and grieves both her son and Nina, a woman from her chronic pain support group who killed herself. Her marriage to Jason is falling apart, and she buys drugs on the street. She dreams and hallucinates about Nina. In physical therapy she will not cooperate, and her medication may be cut off. After a session she jumps into the pool with body weights and stays under the water before rising. Annette, who runs the group, gives Claire Nina's address.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Cake (2014)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Cake was the first film made under the Cinelou banner, a distinction its director noted when he said it was exciting to be collaborating with Ben, Kristin and Courtney.
