
Our Souls at Night(2017)
Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbour.


“You know it when you find it”
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

Julianne Hough
Katie Feldman

Josh Duhamel
Alex Wheatley

Cobie Smulders
Jo

David Lyons
Kevin Tierney

Mimi Kirkland
Lexie

Noah Lomax
Josh

Irene Ziegler
Mrs. Feldman

Robin Mullins
Maddie

Red West
Roger

Juan Piedrahita
Jr. Detective Ramirez
Safe Haven is a romance, thriller film released in 2013 exploring themes of small town, based on novel or book, widower, single father, abusive husband. Directed by Lasse Hallström, it stars Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, Cobie Smulders. A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
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