My Sailor, My Love (2022) on Netflix

Plot summary

Retired sea captain Howard lives by the sea in a house his daughter Grace keeps trying to manage for him. He turns away every offer of help, and their relationship stays strained. Grace hires Annie, a widow from the area, to cook and clean for him. Howard wants nothing to do with a stranger in his house, yet the two gradually find each other's company welcome, and Annie's family becomes part of his days. Grace watches the affection her father gives so freely to a woman he has just met, and finds it hard to accept. She is already carrying troubles of her own, and the change in her father sharpens the distance between them.