Movie: Paréntesis

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The Savages(en)

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A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

Dick Johnson Is Dead
71%

Dick Johnson Is Dead(en)

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With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.

Knox Goes Away
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Knox Goes Away(en)

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A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son. But to do so, he must race against the police closing in on him as well as the ticking clock of his own rapidly deteriorating mind.

Elizabeth Is Missing
73%

Elizabeth Is Missing(en)

2019-12-08

Maud's best friend Elizabeth has disappeared, but as she tries to solve the mystery, dementia threatens to erase all the clues, giving the search a poignant urgency.

His Three Daughters
68%

His Three Daughters(en)

2024-09-05

Emotions run high when three estranged sisters reunite in a cramped New York City apartment to watch over their ailing father during his final days.

Lullaby
61%

Lullaby(en)

2014-06-13

Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During this intensely condensed period, a lifetime of drama plays out. Robert (Jenkins) fights a zero sum game to reclaim all that his illness stole from his family. A debate rages on patients’ rights and what it truly means to be free. Jonathan reconciles with his father, reconnects with his mother (Archer), sister (Brown-Findlay), and his love (Adams) and reclaims his voice through two unlikely catalysts – a young, wise-beyond-her-years patient (Barden) and a no-nonsense nurse (Hudson). Through this intensely life affirming prism, an unexpected and powerful journey of love, laughter, and forgiveness unfolds.

One True Thing
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One True Thing(en)

1998-09-18

A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.

The Father
81%

The Father(en)

2020-12-23

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

The Indian Runner
66%

The Indian Runner(en)

1991-09-20

Two brothers cannot overcome their opposite perceptions of life. One brother sees and feels bad in everyone and everything, subsequently he is violent, antisocial and unable to appreciate or enjoy the good things which his brother desperately tries to point out to him.

What They Had
65%

What They Had(en)

2018-10-19

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.

The Straight Story
77%

The Straight Story(en)

1999-10-15

Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. He then has the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.

The Ultimate Gift
76%

The Ultimate Gift(en)

2007-03-09

When his wealthy grandfather finally dies, Jason Stevens fully expects to benefit when it comes to the reading of the will. But instead of a sizable inheritance, Jason receives a test, a series of tasks he must complete before he can get any money.

Nell
65%

Nell(en)

1994-12-23

In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.

The Leisure Seeker
71%

The Leisure Seeker(en)

2018-01-03

A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey from Boston to Key West, recapturing their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end.

Louder Than Bombs
65%

Louder Than Bombs(en)

2015-10-01

Three years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene keeps everyday life going with his shy teenage son, Conrad. A planned exhibition of Isabelle’s photographs prompts Gene's older son, Jonah, to return to the house he grew up in - and for the first time in a very long time, the father and the two brothers are living under the same roof.

Fathers and Daughters
71%

Fathers and Daughters(en)

2015-10-01

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.

Iris
64%

Iris(en)

2001-12-14

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Still Alice
75%

Still Alice(en)

2014-12-05

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

And When Did You Last See Your Father?
65%

And When Did You Last See Your Father?(en)

2007-10-05

The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.

The Tree of Life
67%

The Tree of Life(en)

2011-05-17

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

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Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
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The Ghost Sings Opera
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The Cache
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The Cache(nl)

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While You're Still You
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While You're Still You(es)

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Bacon Cheeseburger and a Chocolate Milkshake
0%

Bacon Cheeseburger and a Chocolate Milkshake(en)

Katie, an intrusive waitress, becomes entangled in a time paradox as she strives to uncover the truth behind the broken relationship of a caring father and his cold-hearted daughter.

Beautiful Memories
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Beautiful Memories(fr)

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Released
0%

Released(en)

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Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
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Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?(en)

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The Savages
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The Savages(en)

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Barnyard
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Barnyard(en)

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Otis is a mischievous, carefree Holstein cow who lives on a farm where, unbeknownst to humans, the animals are anthropomorphic. He prefers having fun with his best friends: Pip the mouse, Freddy the ferret, Peck the rooster, and Pig the pig - rather than following strict rules and accepting responsibility. This annoys his stern adoptive father Ben, the leader of the farm's community. One evening, Otis convinces Ben to cover his night watch so he can attend a massive party in the barn and impress Daisy, a pregnant cow who recently arrived at the farm with her best friend Bessy as a newcomer. As the animals party, Dag the coyote and his pack attempt to raid the chicken coop. Ben fends them off alone but is fatally wounded and killed. Otis must now learn the value of responsibility when he becomes the leader of his farm home's community.

VeggieTales: The Penniless Princess
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VeggieTales: The Penniless Princess(en)

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Sweet Sara Crewe has everything a little girl could want - a loving family, lots of friends and a closet full of frilly dresses! But when life takes a turn and Sara goes from riches to rags, will she realize that her true worth lies not in what she has, but what's in her heart?

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
59%

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog(en)

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The story of Peter McGowan, a chain-smoking, impotent, insomniac playwright who lives in Los Angeles. Once very successful, he is now in the tenth year of a decade-long string of production failures. He finds himself bonding with a new neighbor's lonely young daughter who has mild cerebral palsy; and during one of his middle-of-the-night strolls, he encounters his oddball doppelgänger.

The Leisure Seeker
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The Leisure Seeker(en)

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Eclipse
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Eclipse(es)

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Ember in the Land of Nothingness
40%

Ember in the Land of Nothingness(cn)

2022-06-19

At first glance, Grandma Mui and Uncle Cheung look just like another ordinary elderly couple loitering outside a school wall. Grandma Mui is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and her conditions deteriorate notably after the death of her granddaughter Ka-ching from a fall off the school building, with the school officials suspected of negligence and being dishonest in their testimony. Stricken by grief, Grandma Mui’s mind falls into complete chaos as memories, delusions and reality mesh together. Uncle Cheung, indirectly connected to Ka-ching’s death, lacks the courage to tell the truth. As an act of atonement, he takes care of Grandma Mui even when the future looks bleak.