"Seventeen years ago, fiercely independent Lee left home and left behind her kindhearted sister Bessie to care for their father, Marvin. But now Lee is returning with her teenage son for a homecoming that's sure to turn the entire household upside down."
"One of two estranged sisters must contact the other in order to arrange for a bone marrow transplant to treat her recently diagnosed leukemia."
"Seventeen years ago, fiercely independent Lee left home...and left behind her kindhearted sister Bessie to care for their father, Marvin. But now Lee is returning with her rebellious teenage son, for a homecoming that's sure to turn the entire household upside down."
"A dysfunctional family takes a journey of self-discovery and reconciliation and learns to reach out to one another."
"A dysfunctional family takes a journey of self-discovery and reconciliation and learns to reach out to one another."@en
"A woman, with her rebellious teenaged son in tow, returns to her dying father and kindhearted sister when the father nears his end."@en
"Twee van elkaar vervreemde zusters halen de familiebanden weer aan als blijkt dat een van hen leukemie heeft en de ander nodig heeft als donor voor een beenmergtransplantatie."
"Bessie is a sensitive, middle-aged woman who has sacrificed her life to look after her long-suffering father Marvin and eccentric aunt. Her younger sister Lee, selfishly shirked such responsibilities, left home, married and had two kids. The marked differences between the two have meant that neither sister has been in contact for two decades. But now Bessie has been diagnosed with leukemia and her survival may depend on bone-marrow from the sister she had long since erased from her life."
"A sister who left home years earlier returns to the place where her sibling has been caring for their bedridden father."@en
"A disfunctional family takes a journey of self-discovery and reconciliation and learns to reach out to one another."
"A disfunctional family takes a journey of self-discovery and reconciliation and learns to reach out to one another."@en
"After 20 years of no contact because of different views about responsibility for elderly relatives, Bessie and Lee, two sisters, must meet. Bessie has been diagnosed with leukaemia and her survival may depend on her sister's bone marrow."@en
"A story about the years that keep us apart ... And the moments that bring us together. When Lee (Streep) left home for seventeen years, Bessie (Keaton), her sister, was left alone to take care of their chronically ill father, Marvin (Cronyn). With Bessie diagnosed leukemia and will die without a bone marrow transplant. This precipitates the two estranged sisters an uneasy reunion. Lee realizes that the old man's welfare will fall to her if Bessie dies and she is not ready for it. So Lee takes her sons, Hank (DiCaprio) and Charlie (Scardino) for test as a possible bone marrow donor for Bessie. The meaning of family and togetherness foster as the movie goes."
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