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At the End of a Song (2016): A romance film. The female lead, Brianna, lost her husband in an accident six years before the film's timeline; she has three daughters, all of whom have grown up as model young women despite their mother's increasing depression and inability to have a new relationship go much past a second date. To get away from her failures, Brianna picks up herself and her daughters and they take a two-week vacation to a city on the nearby coast, hoping to make a change. The girls bond with their mother, and Brianna meets someone along the way who she starts to become attached to despite herself. A festival at the end of the first week caps an entertaining night with a country dance and a touching conversation during the night's last song. Late-ish in the movie Brianna and her love interest find themselves in the middle of a robbery at a convenience store, and are trapped inside, with the girls stuck outside and searching for some way to help. With stress mounting, and despite previous efforts having ended in failure, a half-baked plan to get the robber to drink something spiked with a sleep aid ends in a heroic takedown, a peaceful end, and Brianna kissing her love interest.

Reviews were mixed but generally positive: the characters were realistic and interesting, and the seaside town felt vibrant enough through judicious use of extras to be a good place for a vacation. The robbery felt a little bit forced, many reviewers agreed, and the conclusion even more so, but it was an acceptable way to force conflict rather than letting the plot coast its way to a mild and predictable ending.

Alicia's role was as Anita, Brianna's middle daughter. Between the three, Anita was the brains of the operation, both coming up with ideas and shooting down anything too crazy from the other girls. Their differing personalities didn't help; the older sister Laura was somewhat hotheaded, Anita was indecisive, and the youngest Sara was continually worried about what Brianna finding a new partner would mean for the family dynamic. Part of Anita's role is to learn how to speak up for herself and settle on a plan, given it was her suggestion of taking the guy down via something obvious that was eventually refined into the final plan. Even before the climax, Anita wasn't able to figure out how she felt about her mother pushing herself so hard to date again, and it was a combination of Laura and, surprisingly, the love interest that helped galvanize her to make a decision. Anita spoke calmly and respectfully, with a certain kindness always audible even if she didn't quite feel it.

Island of Dreams (2014?): Science-fiction thriller. Plot synopsis to come. Shot on a remote island.

In Bloom (2011?): Action-romance. Plot synopsis to come. Shot in Japan.