Completed - ENGLISH - Drama - 94 minutes
When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.
Year of production : 2021 Director(s) : Matthew J. SAVILLE Writer(s) : Matthew j. SAVILLE Cast : Charlotte RAMPLING, Marton CSOKAS Producer(s) : Angela LITTLEJOHN, Desray ARMSTRONG
Sam (17) has been on a self-destructive spiral that could lead to his death. He returns home from boarding school to find his wheelchair-bound English grandmother, Ruth [Charlotte Rampling] has moved in. Ruth is an ex-war photographer with a lust for life and a love of the bottle. Sam soon finds himself profoundly confronted by her alcoholic wit and chutzpah. Their first meeting is awkward; their second violent. Things get worse when Sam finds himself stranded alone with her and her nurse Sarah for the school holidays. Both strong-willed characters, a battle of supremacy ensues, enabling Sam to embrace life again and for Ruth to face her mortality.
Country(ies) : NEW ZEALAND
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FIN Atlantic International Film Festival 2021Cinefest 2021EIFF Edmonton 2021Barrie 2021Bif&st 2021 (International Panorama: Winner Best Actress: Charlotte Rampling )