The 2007 award-winning film starring Kristen Stewart, Bruce Dern, Aaron Standford, Jesse L. Martin, Miriam Shor, Jayce Bartok & Elizabeth Ashley, written by Jayce Bartok & directed by Mary Stuart Masterson. USA Today called the film #8 in Ms. Stewart's Best Career Performances 'The Cake Eaters' (2007)
"Stewart had quite a few roles the year before she broke big with "Twilight," and this one teased the impressive talent we'd see more of later: The coming-of-age indie drama casts her as a physically impaired young woman with a rare genetic disease, Friedreich's ataxia, who yearns to experience love and gets close to a young man (Aaron Stanford) who'd been caring for his ailing mom before her death."

The NY TIMES "Ms. Stewart’s tough, strong performance avoids sentimentality.

Synopsis - TWILIGHT’s Kristen Stewart stars as Georgia, a 15-year-old girl with a rare, debilitating neurological disorder. Sheltered by her artist mother, she’s eager to pack in as much living as possible in the little time she has left. She begins a romance with 20-something Beagle (Aaron Stanford), while her grandmother (Elizabeth Ashley) continues a decades-long affair with Beagle’s father Easy (Bruce Dern). Things get more complex when Easy’s prodigal son Guy (Jayce Bartok) returns from pursuing rock-star fantasies, having conveniently missed his mother’s slow, agonizing death from cancer while Beagle never left her side. Unpretentious and nuanced with excellent performances. Filmed locally in the Catskills with music by Duncan Sheik.

unrated / 95 mins