"There's a moment in everyone's life when childhood ends and adulthood begins. For Jon and Wendy Savage, that moment is now."
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
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The people behind it
Laura Linney
Wendy Savage
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Jon Savage
Philip Bosco
Lenny Savage
Peter Friedman
Larry
David Zayas
Eduardo
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Jimmy
Cara Seymour
Kasia
Tonye Patano
Ms. Robinson
Guy Boyd
Bill Lachman
Debra Monk
Nancy Lachman
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