

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.
Acting
Glenn Close doing desperate motherhood at 11/10.
Writing
Rose Troche adapts A.M. Homes with vicious empathy.
Direction
Queer female gaze on straight suburban breakdowns.

Director
Rose Troche
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the few films of its era directed by an openly queer woman, bringing an outsider's precision to hetero suburban decay.
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