A middle-aged Parisian woman teaching philosophy faces a series of losses, beginning with her adulterous husband, the death of hr mother, & her book contract.
Girl on the Train (2016)
An unstable woman drinking vodka rides back & forth on a Long Island commuter train always looking for the same house where she spies woman, who one night disappears.
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014)
An Israeli woman seeking her freedom from a stifling marriage runs up against an ancient patriarchal system when she sues for a divorce in a court of rabbis.
A Man For All Seasons (1966)
When King Henry VIII broke with the Pope because he wanted to divorce his wife only his Chancellor Sir Thomas More dared defy him, thus losing his life.
Boyhood (2014)
I’m urging you to see this film, which follows the same boy across 12 years from childhood to college. Click on the film title to read my entire review.
Safe Passage (1994)
A wife & husband are divorcing when they hear that a terrorist bomb went off at a Marine base where their youngest son is. Husband & other 6 sons rush home to wait for news.
STEPMOM (1998)
Jackie thinks her ex-husband’s new love Isabel, is unfit for their 2 children, but comes to terms with her when she contracts cancer, even becoming friends.
I Used to Be Darker (2013)
A disappointed young woman, discovering she is pregnant, seeks solace with her aunt and uncle when her boyfriend refuses responsibility. However, they are starting their divorce proceedings, which makes her staying with one or the other awkward, especially when theyr daughter drops out of college and comes home.
Enough Said
A divorced man and woman enjoy one another’s company until the woman becomes friends with the man’s ex-wife. When she does not tell either, she begins to view her lover through the negative eyes of the ex-wife, with results that she should have foreseen.