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Amber Lake (2011 film)

Tag line: Three sisters. Two days. One dead father.

Three half-sisters receive a note from their long-absent father (Dr. Thomas, a psychiatrist), telling them that he wants them to come visit him at his cottage on Amber Lake to get to know him and one another. When they meet they discover that all are named Amber, after the lake their father loves.

Amber Hannold’s mother was a patient of Dr. Thomas & later committed suicide after his abandonment.

Amber Allen’s mother also committed suicide, likely also a former patient.

Amber Thomas states her father left when she was four. She visited him once at age 16 but seems the most emotionally disturbed of the three, though she’s written a best-seller.

The father is a cruel narcissist, calling each of the girls’ mothers a whore and worse. The sisters never knew of each other’s existence, and each has deep-seated issues of their own.

The day after arriving at the lake, the father takes them out for a meal. He’s rented the restaurant so that they have privacy.

From there, the movie branches; each sister has her own take on the events that follow, the events leading to the death of the father (not a spoiler -- look at the poster), and each tale is played out as if it's the truth.

The movie ends with a nice surprise, which adds a little extra craziness to this disorder-heavy story.