This award-winning animation film spares no feelings and minces no words. A poignant interpretation of a short story by Montreal author Mordecai Richler, it makes what is sometimes an embarrassingly frank statement about how many families respond to their old and infirm members. In soft simple washes of watercolour and ink, the filmmaker interprets reactions to a dying grandmother, capturing family feelings and distilling them into harsh reality.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B1004124
Language
English
Subject categories
Animation → Animated films - Canada
Animation → Animation - Juvenile films
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Aging
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Family
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Grief
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Puberty
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Death
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Grief - Psychological aspects
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Puberty
Holdings
Digital Betacam; Master
Digital Betacam; Sub-master
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded