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The Swearing Jar -- Film Description:
"A film about love, forgiveness, and self-recrimination, Lindsay MacKay's beguiling The Swearing Jar follows would-be singer-songwriter Carey (Adelaide Clemens), who is reluctantly falling for Owen (Douglas Smith), a clerk at the local bookstore. The rub is that she's still deeply in love with her husband, Simon (Patrick J. Adams). Employing a daring narrative strategy, The Swearing Jar argues that real love lingers—sometimes painfully, sometimes exhilaratingly—no matter how we or our situations change. [...]"
-- Steve Gravestock


Source:
"TIFF: Festival 2022" Toronto International Film Festival. https://tiff.net/films.