"dying mother" containing the tag

My Eternal Summer
1h 45m
Movie 2025

My Eternal Summer

15-year old Fanny has just finished school, but instead of celebrating with her friends, she has to spend the summer trying to say goodbye to her dying mother, whose final wish is to be together in their summer home. Not knowing how much time she has left, they have to find a way to live in the meantime.

Cold Road
1h 40m
Movie 2024

Cold Road

On a frozen remote highway in the Canadian North, an Indigenous woman and her dog are hunted by a stranger in a semi truck.

Shínà
1h 38m
Movie 2024

Shínà

A taxi driver in bustling Lagos agrees to deliver a mysterious package in exchange for his dying mother's medical treatment.

Monica
1h 53m
Movie 2023

Monica

After years of estrangement, a trans woman returns home to help care for her dying mother.

Upright
0h 30m
TV Show 2019

Upright

When family outcast Lucky Flynn learns that his mother is dying, he decides to drive to the other side of Australia to see her, packing nothing but an upright piano for the journey. But his plans are soon turned upside down when he meets the runaway teenager Meg, who’s dealing with some family demons of her own.

A Hole in the Head
1h 35m
Movie 2018

A Hole in the Head

After a particularly embarrassing performance, a struggling Polish actor chooses to quit his acting troupe. In desperation, he returns home, only to find his dying mother has replaced him with a farm hand from a nearby mental institution. Alienated and depressed, he attempts to find his place in the world by driving out his replacement as completely as possible.

Dear Angelica
0h 13m
Movie 2017

Dear Angelica

A teenage girl, Jessica, looks back on the stories her mother told through her movies and her own memories of her mother. This film is animated entirely in Oculus Quill, a 3D drawing and sculpting program.

Other People
1h 37m
Movie 2016

Other People

David, a struggling comedy writer fresh off from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves from New York City to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Living with his conservative father and much-younger sisters for the first time in ten years, he feels like a stranger in his childhood home. As his mother’s health declines, David frantically tries to extract meaning from this horrible experience and convince everyone (including himself) that he's "doing okay.”

Treatment
0h 10m
Movie 2015

Treatment

Andy, a young, well-mannered, introverted bank teller must do the unthinkable to save his mom from her terminal illness. But at what cost?

Orphan
1h 28m
Movie 2015

Orphan

After her mother's death, a former drug addict Merima is forced to move in with her grandparents to the nearby village. Her city girl attitude and spoiled personality clash with their rural lifestyle. Everything goes wrong when Merima's father Fazil gets out of prison.

Ghiocel
Movie 2015

Ghiocel

Based on a true story, this short film introduces us to a young student, in the 70's Romania, that, having finally finished her semester, and with a fantastic performance, hurries anxiously to get back home, where her sick mother awaits her.

Sa'yo Lamang
1h 45m
Movie 2010

Sa'yo Lamang

From the director who gave us Tanging Yaman, Laurice Guillen, is back with another heart-warming family drama which teaches us about love, faith and life. Sa ‘Yo Lamang stars Lorna Tolentino, Bea Alonzo, Coco Martin, Enchong Dee and Miles Ocampo. Dianne Alvaro (Bea Alonzo) seems to have a happy family. She and her mom (Lorna Tolentino) just bought a house for them, her younger siblings are doing great at school, and her boyfriend of two years is already preparing for their future together. But everything in her life shatters when her dad, Franco (played by Christopher De Leon), returns after ten years of being with his mistress.

Mother and Son
1h 13m
Movie 1997

Mother and Son

A man goes for a walk through the countryside with his dying mother.

Pieces of April
1h 21m
Movie 2003

Pieces of April

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.

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