Mr. Blake at Your Service!
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Comedy, Drama, Romance, UR, 01-Nov-2023
Recently widowed Andrew Blake decides to leave his business in England and return to France, the country where he first met his late wife. Hoping to reconnect with his past, he takes a job as a butler in a grand but eccentric estate. What begins as an attempt to escape his grief soon turns into something else, as unexpected encounters and comic mishaps lead him toward healing.
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