The Cake Eaters (2007) on Netflix
Guy Kimbrough comes home after missing his mother's funeral. His brother Beagle, who stayed behind to care for her, meets Georgia Kaminski, a teenager living with a rare, incurable illness.
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Plot summary
Ceci Kimbrough has died, leaving her husband Easy, the town butcher, and their two grown sons. Beagle, the younger, stayed home to look after his ailing mother; he works in the school cafeteria and paints street signs on the side. Guy, the elder, has been away chasing a music career and comes back knowing he missed the funeral. Beagle meets Georgia Kaminski, Marg's granddaughter, who lives with Friedreich's ataxia, a disease with no cure. Georgia fears her time is growing short and wants to know what love feels like. Easy tries to reconnect with Marg Kaminski, a woman from his past.
Cast
- Elizabeth Van Meteras Hippie Chick
