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1) The bitch
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Seeking refuge in New York from the twin misfortunes of losing both husband and lover, disco owner Fontaine Khaled soon finds sanctuary and pleasure in the arms of other men. Returning to London she meets Nico Cantafora whose sexual talents are matched by a total lack of scruples and whose need to funds has driven him to smuggle diamonds for the Mob.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
An affair with a 19-year old actor (Christopher Abbott) helps reinvigorate life for thirty-something Amy (Melanie Lynskey) after she moves back home to her parents' house following her divorce, in this humorous take on modern relationships.
Series
Criterion collection volume 901
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
While on vacation, a just-divorced writer buys a villa in Tuscany on a whim, hoping it will be the start of a change for the better in her life. Along the way she finds that sometimes what seems like a mistake is really a blessing.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Happily married one day and widowed the next, Cathy Walker feels her way through her first year as a suddenly single woman. Some days it would be easier to rebuild her life without well-intentioned advice and often hilarious help from her son, her brother, and their girlfriends. Thank heaven for Cathy's lifelong friend Michael, who keeps a loving eye on her.
Publisher
Skydance Productions
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
As Grace and Frankie try to get their new business off the ground, they continue to deal with family issues and rifts in their friendship. Two nemeses become bonded jilted wives after their husbands reveal they have been having an affair with each other since the 1990s and now plan to get married. They are not friends, but when their husbands leave them for each other, proper Grace and eccentric Frankie begin to bond in this Emmy-nominated series
7) Gloria
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
©2014
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
Español
Description
A story about a 'woman of a certain age' who gets caught up in a passionate whirlwind romance with a retired naval officer, whom she meets at a dance club for singles. But when she discovers the truth of their relationship, she takes matters into her own hands and sets forth the change of a lifetime.
"The message, if one needs to look for one, is that the course of romance is no smoother at 50 than it is at 15, when heedlessness is an advantage to...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
After having two children with two different men, a newly single and liberated Margit discovers herself. Her entertaining amorous pursuit of a colleague is a testament to the evolving independence of East German women in the early 1970s. Starring Jutta Hoffmann, who received the Best Actress award for this role at the 1972 Venice Film Festival. Margit Fliesser is a mathematician in her mid-30s who works in a medium-sized company; she has two children...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Amy is a recent divorcee who seeks refuge in the suburban Connecticut home of her parents. Demoralized and directionless, Amy begins an affair with 19 year old actor Jeremy that reignites her passion for life and jumpstarts her independence.
10) Gloria Bell
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Gloria is a free-spirited divorcee who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles. After meeting Arnold on a night out, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys of budding love and the complications of dating, identity, and family.
12) Wanda
Series
Criterion collection volume 965
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set amid a soot-choked Pennsylvania landscape, the film takes up with a distant and soft-spoken woman, who has left her husband, lost custody of her children, and now finds herself alone, drifting between dingy bars and motels, where she falls prey to a series of callous men, one being a bank robber who ropes her into his next criminal scheme.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
"Grace and Frankie tackle the challenges of family and relationships - while driving each other crazy on a regular basis! Grace and Frankie visit the beach house while their worried kids try to track them down. Robert and Saul are caught in an embarrassing situation." -- From container.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
"Frankie is stunned by Grace's news, but she buries her feelings, until everyone gathers together to send off Bud and Allison. While Frankie tries to adjust to living alone, Grace arranges a family dinner that takes an awkward turn. Robert and Sol plan a honeymoon trip. Grace's insecurities flair at a lavish fundraiser, where Frankie gets swept up in the silent auction. Sol hosts a game night to distract a worried Robert."--From container.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Susan is living through an unfulfilling marriage when she receives a package containing a novel manuscript from her ex-husband, Edward. The novel is dedicated to her but its content is violent and devastating. Susan cannot help but reminisce over her past love story with the author. Increasingly she interprets the book as a tale of revenge, a tale that forces her to re-evaluate the choices that she has made, and reawakens a love that she feared was...
16) High society
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
In this sophisticated musical comedy, a society wedding is being arranged in Newport, Rhode Island. The beautiful Tracy Samantha Lord is to marry George Kittredge. However, Tracy's ex-husband, the songwriter C.K. Dexter-Haven, has never stopped loving her and has hopes of winning her back. A New York scandal sheet reporter and photographer arrive to cover the wedding and complicate the tangled romances.
17) The goodbye girl
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
When a woman's ex-husband sublets her apartment right out from under her and she refuses to move, the new tenant, a Chicago actor, moves in, touching off a comic, hate-love relationship.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rachel is unemployed and devastated by a recent divorce. She fills her time with drinking, riding the commuter train, and fantasizing about a seemingly perfect couple the train passes by every day. Then one morning, Rachel sees something shocking that unravels her and entangles her in an unfolding mystery.
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Susan is living through an unfulfilling marriage when she receives a package containing a novel manuscript from her ex-husband, Edward. The novel is dedicated to her but its content is violent and devastating. Susan cannot help but reminisce over her past love story with the author. Increasingly she interprets the book as a tale of revenge, a tale that forces her to re-evaluate the choices that she has made, and reawakens a love that she feared was...
Series
Criterion collection volume 629
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Depicts the romantic lives of two Londoners, a middle-aged doctor and a prickly thirty something divorcee, who are sleeping with the same handsome young artist. A revelation in its day, this may be the 1970s most intelligent, multitextured film about the complexities of romantic relationships; it is keenly acted and sensitively directed, from a penetrating screenplay.
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