As advanced dementia erodes an older woman’s ability to communicate her inner life, her husband and daughter struggle to act in her best interests, navigating love and the fragile boundaries between care, protection and autonomy.
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The people behind it
Juliette Binoche
Amanda
Tom Courtenay
Martin
Steven Cree
Florence Hunt
Sara
Anna Calder-Marshall
Leslie
Michelle Jeram
Elizabeth Rushbrook
Noah Hunt Basden
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