Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter

Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter (1994)

December 1st, 19940h 44min

Documentary
60%

Overview

This Academy Award-nominated film takes a moving personal story, illuminates it with insight and humor, and makes it universal. In recounting her attempts to come to terms with her mother's advancing Alzheimer's disease, Deborah Hoffmann explores the relationship between mother and daughter, parent and child, and the tenacity of love.


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