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Home Sweet Home

Oct 14, 2000

1h 54m

★ 0.0

Overview

"Home Sweet Home" deals with a family who, unable to cope with their aging grandfather's worsening dementia, abandon him at a group home for the elderly. When, racked by guilt, they return to retrieve him, they discover to their surprise. . .

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Shigeru Kōyama

Miki Sakai

Nenji Kobayashi

Jun Fubuki

Michino Yokoyama

Mai Kitajima

Masahiro Toda

Tomoki Mukai

Takashi Sasano

Baijaku Nakamura

Although barely 30, Claire believes she is showing the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a condition from which her mother has recently died. Her sister, Nathalie, is certain that her memory loss, caused by a lightning strike, is temporary. In the clinic where she is being treated, Claire is attracted to Philippe, a man who is still traumatized after a car accident in which his wife and child were both killed. In spite of their personal tragedies, Claire and Philippe fall in love. When Philippe recovers, Claire moves into his home. Then Claire's condition takes a turn for the worse.

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Home Sweet Home

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