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Cake (2014)

Cake poster
Directed by
Daniel Barnz
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
R
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 944 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman deals with chronic pain and the aftermath of a traumatic event. She navigates her difficult relationships and attends a support group.

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What happens

Cake is a 2014 American drama film directed by Daniel Barnz, written by Patrick Tobin, and starring Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Anna Kendrick, and Sam Worthington. It debuted in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Cake received mixed reviews and was a box-office bomb, grossing $2.9 million against its $7–10 million budget. However, Aniston's dramatic performance received positive reviews and earned her Best Actress nominations at the Golden Globe Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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