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Joyce Johnson (Deborah Kennedy) is upset after seeing Harry (Jack Thompson) for the first time since he suffered a massive stroke. She blames herself for upsetting him. As she drives away with her daughter (Rebekah Elmaloglou), Harry, paralysed in bed, remembers when he and his brother had to separate their mother (Mitch Mathews) from her partner Mary (Julie Herbert), after 40 years together. Mary was placed in a home; her partner died soon after their separation.
Curator’s notes
The film uses flashbacks throughout to introduce the idea of generations of love within one family, and to highlight the ironies of the situations. Harry’s now paralysed and unable to speak. His speech to camera here is another concession to the play’s dramatic devices: we are in effect listening to his thoughts, rather than his speech.
