Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 07/11/2008(USA
Release Date: 10/21/2008
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 115 Minutes
Flags: Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Vivendi Entertainment
Director
Kari Skogland takes the reins for a
Buffalo Gals Pictures production starring Academy Award winner
Ellen Burstyn as author
Margaret Laurence's much-lauded heroine
Hagar Shipley.
Hagar may by 90, but she not ready to lie down and die just yet. Her decisions stem straight from her heart, and that often alienates her family and friends. When
Hagar's son,
Marvin (
Dylan Baker), takes his mother to look at a nursing home, she takes it as her cue to leave her family behind and set out on one great last journey. Her mission is to locate the seaside home she remembers from her youth, but
Hagar's memory is quickly fading, making it difficult for her to distinguish the past from the present. As a young girl,
Hagar was set to inherit her father's mercantile empire until she was disowned for marrying a bold young man named
Bram Shipley (
Cole Hauser). Later, when
Hagar's romantic illusions fade and she begins to view her husband with contempt, her decision to deny her children the kind of parental approval that she so badly longed for from her own father provokes a deep hereditary flaw. As she makes her way toward the seashore,
Hagar realizes her time is running far too short to make up for a lifetime of unacknowledged mistakes.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
;)
