Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter

1994 | 44 minutes | 6.0 ★ (3)

Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
  • Overview

    This Academy Award-nominated film takes a moving personal story, illuminates it with insight and humor, and makes it universal. In recounting her attempts to come to terms with her mother's advancing Alzheimer's disease, Deborah Hoffmann explores the relationship between mother and daughter, parent and child, and the tenacity of love.

  • Release Date

    01 December 1994

  • DirectingDeborah Hoffmann
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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