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What They Had (2018)

What They Had poster
Directed by
Elizabeth Chomko
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
R
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 123 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman returns to her childhood home when her mother's Alzheimer's worsens. She and her brother argue with their father about whether to move their mother to a nursing home.

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What happens

What They Had is a 2018 American drama film written and directed by Elizabeth Chomko in her feature directorial debut. Starring Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster, Blythe Danner, Taissa Farmiga, and Josh Lucas, the film follows two siblings in conflict with their father over whether or not to put their mother, who has Alzheimer's disease, in a nursing home. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 19, 2018, by Bleecker Street. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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