 'The
Cake Eaters' is a quirky, small town, ensemble
drama that explores the lives of two interconnected
families coming to terms with love in the
face of loss.
Living in rural America, The Kimbrough family is a normally odd bunch; Easy,
the patriarch and local butcher, is grieving over the recent loss of his wife,
Ceci, while hiding a secret ongoing affair for years; Beagle, his youngest son
who was left to care for his ailing mother, works in the local high school cafeteria
by day but has a burning passion inside that manifests itself through painting
street signs; and the eldest son, Guy, has been away from the family for years
while pursuing his rock star dream in the big city until the day he learns of
his mother's passing and that he's missed the funeral.
Upon Guy's return home, relationships between the characters begin to unravel;
Beagle's pent up emotions connect with Georgia Kaminski, a terminally ill teenage
girl wanting to experience love before it's too late; Easy's long time affair
with Marg, Georgia's eccentric grandmother, is finally exposed to the Kimbrough
children; and Guy discovers that, in his absence, his high school sweetheart,
Stephanie, has moved on and started a family of her own.
Through it all, The Kimbroughs and Kaminski's manage to establish a new beginning
in the face of their greatest fears.
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