The family and friends of 65-year-old dementia patient Jack Schiazo try to ease his transition back into home life after he is released from the hospital. Jack's struggle with illness draws parallels to challenges he faced earlier in life, bringing his identity and legacy into focus.
Kate Winslet'ın bu etkileyici ilk yönetmenlik denemesinde Helen Mirren, son vedasını kendi istediği gibi yapmayı planlayan hasta ve kıvrak zekâlı bir anneyi canlandırıyor.
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
Film, ayrılık kararı alan bir çiftin hayatına odaklanıyor. David, karısı ile boşanma aşamasında olan bir adamdır. Ayrılık kararı almış olsalar da David altı kişilik ailesini umutsuzca bir arada tutmaya çalışır. Bu sırada David ve karısı, artık başka insanlarla görüşebileceklerine dair bir anlaşmaya varır. Teoride bu düşünceyi kabul eden David, karısının yeni ilişkisine karşı bir mücadeleye girişir.
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.