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Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Miles Massey is a high-powered Los Angeles divorce lawyer nearing a midlife crisis. While representing his wealthy client Rex Rexroth, Miles meets his match in Rex's gold-digging wife, Marilyn. He's impressed by her similarly heartless ways of using marriage to fuel an expensive lifestyle, but Miles still manages to defeat her in court. With Marilyn looking to get her revenge and Miles finding himself attracted to her, the two engage in a ruthless...
Series
Criterion collection volume 286
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Italiano
Description
A man falls in love with a younger woman, but he is married and divorce is illegal. To get what he wants, he begins an elaborate scheme to kill his wife.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"What parents need to know from kids about divorce" is a compliation of candid interviews with kids ages 4-18 talking about their experiences of their parents' divorce. They talk about their pain. They talk about their adjustment. They talk about their love and understanding. They have phenomenal wisdom and compelling practical advice to share.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nick, a career salesman who loses his wife and his job in the worst day of his life. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line, or, rather, on the lawn, as he moves himself and all his possessions to his front yard. Special features included.
7) A separation
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Persian
Description
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
8) Big eyes
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic courtroom battle to prove authorship of the paintings.
10) The gay divorcee
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In one of their best loved, most charming song and dance comedies, Fred and Ginger demonstrate just how they became known as America's greatest dance team. Includes the Academy Award-winning hit The Continental.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Meet Carter. It's been years since his parents' divorce. But now, with the wedding of this younger brother, he must keep mom and dad from annihilating each other all over again. That's when the real surprises start, including a shocking revelation from his childhood "therapist", the arrival of his dad's latest wife, his own commitment issues with his gorgeous girlfriend, and confronting the sexy A.C.O.D. from his past.
12) Le passé
Pub. Date
2014
Language
Français
Description
Ahmad returns to Paris to finalize his divorce so his wife Marie can marry her new boyfriend, Samir. During his tense stay, Ahmad discovers the conflicted nature of Marie's relationship with her daughter Lucie. Ahmad's efforts to improve this relationship soon unveil a secret from their past.
13) The falconer
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two friends in Oman work together at the zoo, but after Tariq's sister has an arranged marriage which results in her being abused, he plans to steal animals and sell them on the black market in order to give her money to escape. When the white, wealthy, Cai figures out what's happening, it strains the friendship as the two young men are forced to face the differences in their lives and situations.
14) Marriage story
Series
Criterion collection volume 1038
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A love story about divorce. A marriage coming apart and a family coming together. A hilarious and harrowing, sharply observed, and deeply compassionate film from writer-director Noah Baumbach. Charlie is a charismatic New York theater director wedded to his work. Nicole is an actor who is ready to change her own life. Their hopes for an amicable divorce fade as they are drawn into a system that pits them against each other and forces them to redefine...
15) Queen of hearts
Series
Film Movement volume 9, film 11
Publisher
Film Movement
Language
Français
Description
Thirty-something Adèle is devastated after a painful breakup. With no close friends or family, her distant cousin, Rachel, reluctantly takes her in and graciously attempts to salvage Adèle's personal and professional lives. Rachel finds her a job and suggests that Adèle sleep with other men to get over her heartbreak. Adèle bounces from one lover to the next in search of her perfect companion but can't escape the visage of her ex. Finally, she...
16) Fireproof
Language
English
Description
Lt. Caleb Holt lives by the old fire fighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind - it's a natural instinct. But when it comes to marriage, it's another story. After a decade of marriage, Caleb and Catherine have drifted so far apart that they are ready to move on without each other. As the two prepare for divorce, Caleb's dad asks his son to try The Love Dare experiment. While hoping the experiment has nothing to do with his parents' newfound...
17) Marriage story
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A love story about divorce. A marriage coming apart and a family coming together. A hilarious and harrowing, sharply observed, and deeply compassionate film from writer-director Noah Baumbach. Charlie is a charismatic New York theater director wedded to his work. Nicole is an actor who is ready to change her own life. Their hopes for an amicable divorce fade as they are drawn into a system that pits them against each other and forces them to redefine...
Language
English
Description
Chancellor of England, Sir Thomas More, is placed in a difficult position when Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic Church over its refusal to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon so he can marry Anne Boleyn. Henry demands More's endorsement of this act. Torn between his conscience and duty to the crown, Sir Thomas chooses to say nothing.
20) Hope Gap
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Grace lives an idyllic life until her 29-year marriage to Edward abruptly ends, leaving their only son to pick up the pieces. As life unravels, Grace discovers it's never too late to be happy.
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