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The Rest of Us (2019)

The Rest of Us poster
Directed by
Aisling Chin-Yee
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
M
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 38 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

After the death of their shared ex-husband, a woman and her daughter take in his other wife and child. The two families must navigate their complicated grief and learn to coexist under one roof.

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What happens

The Rest of Us is a 2019 Canadian drama film, directed by Aisling Chin-Yee. It stars Heather Graham as a single mother (to Sophie Nélisse's character), who reluctantly takes in her ex-husband's second wife and their daughter (played by Jodi Balfour and Abigail Pniowsky) as houseguests after his untimely death leaves his new family homeless. It premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, and was acquired by levelFILM for Canadian distribution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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