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The Bet doesn't count I see, but adding another trope that does.


* TheBet: Liz bets that she seduce Eva within three days early on, but soon develops genuine feelings for her. She nonetheless wins however, as Eva does have sex with her within the time frame.


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* LipstickLesbian: Most of the lesbian friends are conventionally feminine, though Liz is a bit more chapstick, with long hair (except in Coqui's case, though she's girly overall). Eva's apparently bisexual, though with the same feminine style.

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Eva is soon invited to dinner with them. She learns before long that they are all lesbians, and many are or have been in relationships together. When she encounters Liz, Eva charms her and soon they grow close. It transpires they are both also dealing with some very difficult issues neither knows of at first.

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Eva is soon invited to dinner with them. She learns before long too that they all of them are all lesbians, and lesbians. Further, many are or have been in relationships together. When she encounters runs into Liz, Eva charms her and soon they grow close. It transpires they are both also dealing with some very difficult issues neither knows of at first.
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In Venezuela, Eva is on a trip when her car has a breakdown right by a small town. While getting it fixed there, she's directed for a seaside hotel. The owner, Margot, allows her to stay in sympathy after saying it's booked up initially. It turns out she's hosting friends who all meet every year to celebrate Liz's birthday.

Eva is soon invited to dinner with them. She learns before long that they are all lesbians, and many are or have been in relationships together. When she encounters Liz, Eva charms her and soon they grow close. It transpires they are both also dealing with some very difficult issues neither knows of at first.

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* AutoErotica: Eva and her husband have sex in the front seat of his car before she leaves him.
* BathtubScene: Liz is shown submerging herself underwater in the bath and counting how long she can hold her breath.
* TheBet: Liz bets that she seduce Eva within three days early on, but soon develops genuine feelings for her. She nonetheless wins however, as Eva does have sex with her within the time frame.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Liz dies of her cancer, but her friends and lover Eva remember her with love. Eva even named her daughter after Liz, with two of Liz's other friends also raising kids.]]
* CastFullOfGay: All of the main characters in the film are lesbians (or in Eva's case, bisexual), with these also being the majority overall.
* CessationOfExistence: Liz, while contemplating the idea of death, muses that she believes this happens when you die, saying there will be nothing left from her after.
* ClosetGay: Dolores is still closeted when the story starts, afraid being known as a lesbian will hurt her career as a doctor.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Eva's son Tommy died of cancer, and it turns out that Liz, her newfound lover, also has it, from which she's dying.
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler:Eva tells Liz she'll name her baby after her if it's a girl. Liz says not to burden the child with her name. Eva does anyway though after Liz dies, as a tribute to her.]]
* TheFilmOfTheBook: It's based on the play ''Last Summer at Bluefish Cove'', although not strictly.
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Dolores is still closeted. One of her other friends tells Eva quite soon after they meet her though, to Dolores' annoyance.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Liz counts down as she submerges herself while swimming and then bathing. At the end, as she's being euthanized, she dies the same way.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings: {{Implied}} by Eva, as her immediate reaction after seeing the fish Liz caught flopping in a bucket is throwing it back in. Liz is annoyed then charmed by her doing this.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: The lesbians who meet by the seashore meet privately to avoid homophobia from others. Dolores is also still closeted due to fearing others' reactions and it harming her career as a doctor. Liz later tells Eva that she was kicked out of home at age 16 over her sexuality as well.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Liz asks Dolores to euthanize her before the pain of her cancer is too bad, making her promise. Dolores however can't go through with it, so Eva does instead.]]
* MsFanservice: Liz and Eva are both good-looking women, seen more than once wearing bikinis along with topless when they have sex.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Eva lost her son Tommy while he was pretty young to cancer.
* SecretlyDying: Liz it turns out contracted cancer again, after having beat it once before. At first only Dolores knows, with the others only learning it much later. Although she's given treatment options, Liz doesn't want to endure them, with little chance anyway.
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:Eva is seen in the end with a daughter, after having previously told Liz that it's both their child. She names her after Liz too.]]
* TheTease: Coqui openly flirts with Liz early on, and tries to seduce her although she's got a girlfriend. Liz nearly gives in, but a call stops them.
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