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The story

At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 years he, now a widower, has secretly loved Pearl.

• #second marriage
• #italian american
• #jewish family
• #mother daughter relationship
• #death of husband
• #woman director
• #wedding ceremony
• #suicidal child
• #mixed marriage