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helping elders

10 movies and shows

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Sat, 08 Nov 2014

Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family for an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him, which led her to lose her job. Now, she has nowhere to go. Sawa finds elderly people in trouble and gets involved in their lives. Meeting them, Sawa's own wounds start to heal.

Orphan of the Past

Orphan of the Past

Sun, 19 Aug 2012

After being sentenced to community service, Sara begins working with Artur, a lonely septuagenarian in a wheelchair.

SAVERIO

SAVERIO

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When a young Korean woman desperate to get to an important networking opportunity finds a senior with the beginnings of dementia abandoned in her car, she must grapple with an unsupportive system and her own priorities.

Alma Anciana

Alma Anciana

Thu, 31 Oct 2024

Three juxtaposing stories taking place in Portugal, Austria and Cuba create an intimate and poetic portrait of the daily lives and struggles of the elderly in an unstable world, seen through the eyes of their grandchildren.

Out

Out

Wed, 08 Jul 2020

A boy and his ageing grandfather are connected by the music his grandfather plays. When the grandfather suddenly can’t remember how to play and his very own light goes out, the boy must find a way to bring his grandfather and the light back.

A Night Song

A Night Song

Tue, 18 Oct 2022

A patient camera glides over the everyday objects: still lives on the wall, flowers in the vase, a swaying drop light. The sun enters the cosy home where Noëlla sits smoking at her laptop, playing Solitaire. The situation is hopeless. She’s going to lose against the computer once again. All the while her son-in-law, Pierre, is organising everything she needs, pragmatic and friendly: breakfast, the (last) doctor’s visit – and then the transfer.

A Good Death

A Good Death

Tue, 01 Jul 2025

When Amalia, a devoted death doula, arrives at the home of her new clients, she immediately begins to feel that something is very wrong.

Remember to check out

Remember to check out

Tue, 27 Sep 2016

Short journey by tram in a big city where an older woman and a hasty man are bound together by circumstances. He is not pleased with it. Or is he?

Floripes

Floripes

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A story with almost 100 years told by the 95 years old woman Floripes.

Al Ritmo Allegretto

Al Ritmo Allegretto

Wed, 05 Jun 2024