
A Wife's Nightmare(2014)
Liz, just returned home after a mental breakdown, has to welcome a relative stranger into her home when Caitlin, a young, vivacious woman, claims to be her husband's daughter.


“He wrote to her, about her, and for her.”
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.

Amanda Seyfried
Katie Davis

Russell Crowe
Jake Davis

Aaron Paul
Cameron

Diane Kruger
Elizabeth

Jane Fonda
Theodora

Bruce Greenwood
William

Octavia Spencer
Dr. Corman

Quvenzhané Wallis
Lucy

Janet McTeer
Carolyn

Kylie Rogers
Young Katie
Fathers and Daughters is a drama film released in 2015 exploring themes of widow, mental breakdown, hospital, writer, family. Directed by Gabriele Muccino, it stars Amanda Seyfried, Russell Crowe, Aaron Paul. A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
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