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
Anna Calder-Marshall
Leslie
Florence Hunt
Sara
Steven Cree
Jonathan
Michelle Jeram
DC Emma Walker
Elizabeth Rushbrook
PC Kate Brooks
Noah Hunt Basden
Victor
Liani Samuel
Frida
Jean Pemberton
Gemma
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