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Feb 20, 1987 · December Flower: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Jean Simmons, Mona Washbourne, Pat Heywood, Bryan Forbes. Newly widowed Etta visits her beloved Aunt M and discovers her bedridden and listless.
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- Drama
- Stephen Frears
- 1987-02-20
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- Stephen Frears
- Granada Television
Overview. Newly widowed Etta visits her beloved Aunt M and discovers her bedridden and listless. Etta's struggle to restore her aunt's dignity and cheer brings renewed meaning to the lives of both women, but also reveals family secrets and forces confrontations with her aunt's indifferent son and hostile daughter-in-law. Stephen Frears.
A Stephen Frears mini masterpiece. Beautifully acted by Mona Washbourne, Jean Simmons and Pat Heywood, this is a story about the abuse of an elderly woman. Made bed-ridden by the poor diet inflicted upon her by a mean spirited housekeeper (in cohoots with the woman's inheritance-greedy relatives) until an affectionate and caring niece arrives ...
A drama from Britain about the growing bond of affection between a lonely woman and her 85-year-old still vigorous-minded aunt. Etta Marsha, now a widow and having no other family to turn to, visits her mother's elderly sister, whom she has not seen in many years. She finds her aunt in the care...
A recently widowed woman (Jean Simmons) visits her ailing aunt (Mona Washbourne) and is horrified to find her living in squalor cared for by a careless housekeeper (Pat Heywood) and visited once a week by her indifferent son (Bryan Forbes) and his hostile wife (June Ritchie).
Synopsis. Newly widowed Etta visits her beloved Aunt M and discovers her bedridden and listless. Etta’s struggle to restore M’s dignity and cheer brings renewed meaning to Etta’s life but also reveals family secrets and forces confrontations with M’s indifferent son and hostile daughter-in-law.
