The poignant yet humor filled story about a single mother of a teenager severely impacted by autism, forced to reckon with her daughter's future. As her child becomes an adult, what used to work, no longer does. What will sustain her daughter, and herself? A parent-child love story, when love means letting go.
Acting
Ashley Rickards commits fully, no vanity in sight.
Writing
Autism portrayed with lived-in specificity, not inspiration porn.
Director
Janet Grillo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Janet Grillo based this on her own experience parenting a son with autism.
Released in 2011 when 'autism movies' meant Rain Man or nothing — this was radical in its ordinariness.
US
