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Cake

Cake

Have your life and eat it too.

20054.81h 35m

Overview

A travel writer improves her love life when she becomes an editor for her father's wedding magazine.

Directed by Nisha Ganatra
Written by Tassie Cameron
Produced by Miranda de Pencier
Box Office0Revenue: $285K

Top Cast

Heather Graham

Heather Graham

Pippa McGee

David Sutcliffe

David Sutcliffe

Ian

Taye Diggs

Taye Diggs

Hemingway Jones

Sarah Chalke

Sarah Chalke

Jane

Cheryl Hines

Cheryl Hines

Roxanne

Keram Malicki-Sánchez

Keram Malicki-Sánchez

Frank

Sabrina Grdevich

Sabrina Grdevich

Rachel

Bruce Gray

Bruce Gray

Malcolm McGee

Sandra Oh

Sandra Oh

Lulu

Michael McMurtry

Michael McMurtry

Luke

Themes & Keywords

dysfunctional familyinterracial romanceweddingduringcreditsstingermagazine editorfather daughter relationshipindependent film

About Cake

Cake is a comedy, romance film released in 2005 exploring themes of dysfunctional family, interracial romance, wedding, duringcreditsstinger, magazine editor, father daughter relationship. Directed by Nisha Ganatra, it stars Heather Graham, David Sutcliffe, Taye Diggs. A travel writer improves her love life when she becomes an editor for her father's wedding magazine.

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