Bookends

A gentle, bittersweet comedy-drama about family duty and late-life romance, mixing warmth and sadness with light humor.

Directed by

Mike Doyle

Genres

Drama, Comedy

Starring

Noam Ash, F. Murray Abraham, Caroline Aaron

Overview

Nate is an excitable millennial novelist forced to leave his fabulous city life behind and move in with his grandparents after a bad breakup. But when his Holocaust-surviving grandfather Saul shows signs of cognitive decline and his grandmother Miriam refuses to acknowledge her husband’s early signs of dementia, Nate finds himself torn between his desire to escape retirement community life, family responsibilities, and an unexpected romance with his grandparents’ doctor.

How it feels

Warm, melancholic, earnest and light. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Family, aging, identity, love

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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