A short film about a family that is confronted with the daunting choice of whether to support a parent as part of the household or to move them to an old folks home. The grandmother Mum Singh thrives as part of her daughter's family, particularly bonding with her granddaughter Norah. What will happen when her daughter and daughter-in-law decide to put her in a care home?
A short film about a family that is confronted with the daunting choice of whether to support a parent as part of the household or to move them to an old folks home. The grandmother Mum Singh thrives as part of her daughter's family, particularly bonding with her granddaughter Norah. What will happen when her daughter and daughter-in-law decide to put her in a care home?
When Shirley, Madea's niece, receives distressing news about her health, the only thing she wants is her family gathered around her. However, Shirley's three adult children are too preoccupied with their own troubled lives to pay attention to their mother. It is up to Madea, with the help of rowdy Aunt Bam, to bring the clan together and help Shirley deal with her crisis.
After the death of her husband, a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge, decrepit old mansion. However, the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic, visited only by their mother who becomes less and less concerned about them and their failing health, and more concerned about herself and the inheritence she plans to win back from her dying father.
A woman's chaotic life becomes more complicated when she inherits her grandmother's dog.
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A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.
A 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl.
A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.
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A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.