Cake Page #2

Synopsis: The acerbic, hilarious Claire Bennett becomes fascinated by the suicide of a woman in her chronic pain support group. As she uncovers the details of Nina's suicide and develops a poignant relationship with Nina's husband, she also grapples with her own, very raw personal tragedy.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Daniel Barnz
Production: Cinelou Films
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
49%
R
Year:
2014
102 min
$1,319,947
Website
1,177 Views


- Good night.

You're late.

What's in the box?

For Felipe?

Did that b*tch make you do that?

Silvana, drive me to the drug dealer.

She doesn't pay you enough

to put up with her sh*t, Ma.

If I were you, I would just quit.

Can I make you something to eat?

Well, it's true.

Arturo, go away.

I said, go away!

What the f*** do you want?

I could use something to drink.

Oh, God. Go away.

Go away.

Why are you such a c*nt?

I hate to break it to you,

but I don't believe in ghosts.

That doesn't mean you're not a coward.

I know.

What's stopping you?

You don't believe in God...

or heaven...

or hell.

You don't believe in anything.

I know.

Do it right now.

- What?

- Just do it.

- Stop. Get away from me.

- Just do it.

- Don't be such a coward!

- Stop it! No!

Goddamn it, it hurts!

- I understand.

- You obviously don't!

Come on. Spread your legs a bit wider.

- Spread your pelvis.

- Sh*t.

- Did you feel your hip sockets loosen?

- I can't...

- You can.

- Jesus f***ing Christ!

- What are you looking at?

- Hey.

- Sh*t.

- You have to focus.

- I am focused.

- No. No, you're not.

It f***ing hurts.

Yeah, you had pins in your legs

for over a year.

It's gonna hurt.

Your doctor wants me

to write an assessment.

On what, my fancy ballet moves?

No, on why there's been

zero improvement in six months.

I have shown up

to every f***ing appointment.

Well, then maybe you would do

better with... someone else.

Okay, great.

Where now?

South on the 110.

- Tell me when you get nearer to the 105.

- Okay.

So I was on break,

and I was looking like this.

And all of a sudden,

I see a lady climb up on the ledge.

And I'm like, oh, f***,

she about to jump!

- What did you do?

- I started yelling at her.

And I was like,

"Don't jump! Don't jump!"

And I guess... I guess she couldn't

hear me 'cause it was so far.

H-How long before she jumped?

It was... It was a pretty long time.

Was it a few minutes before she jumped?

Maybe.

She wasn't a hundred percent certain.

Well, I wouldn't say that, 'cause...

'cause she did it, and...

and she was 100% successful.

Right.

I gotta go back to work. Okay?

Do we... Oh. Okay.

So, was she

a really good friend of yours?

Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Sorry to hear that.

Yeah.

What?

What are you doing?

- I'm just gonna take a look!

- Come back!

It's not safe!

Silvana, just stay with the car!

- It's not safe!

- It's okay.

Come back!

Well, hello, Claire. How are we doing?

Oh, we're doing great.

Well, that's super.

Did you find a... a new support group?

Oh, it's funny you brought that up.

I-I've actually decided

to sue the support group.

Goodness.

I mean, technically, I'm not suing

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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