Newly widowed, she had to tighten her belt, knuckle down and work on preserving the family's home — a modest castle, with just 500 rooms.
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Later, newly widowed, he returns to the island, to try to follow his own: he's been controlled by his wife for too long.
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She plays the eponymous octogenarian, newly widowed and desperate to claw back some meaning from a life spent in dutiful servitude to an abusive, allcontrolling husband.
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