Sentences with phrase «stories of family crisis»

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Sharing real - life member stories of health scares and deaths in the family, Angel emphasized that in times of crisis, «People don't go hug their desk for comfort.

If today many feel that the family is — as we say — «in crisis,» that may be in large part because we have little commitment to or sense of a story that we might pass on.

Thompson grew up in a fundamentalist Christian home and his acclaimed 2003 autobiographical graphic novel Blankets tells not only the story of his first love but also his coming - to - terms with the Christian tradition of his family, culminating in a crisis of faith.

I could tell a hundred stories of struggling families with babies in crisis.

Academy Award ® Winners Meryl Streep * and Julia Roberts ** star in the darkly hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong - willed women of the Weston family, whose lives converge when a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them.

The story follows the women of a family whose lives have splintered in many directions until a crisis bring them back to their childhood home and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

ABOUT «AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY» AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong - willed women of the Weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

«August: Osage County» Synopsis: Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Tracy Letts, the story follows the women of the Weston family who are brought back to the family home in the wake of a crisis and forced to confront each other and their past.

- A second plot summary via Coming Soon: Based on the 2007 Black List script by Bryan Sipe, «Demolition» is the story of Davis Mitchell (Jake Gyllenhaal), a successful investment banker, who rallies to rebuild his life after a family crisis — with the help of a struggling young mother and her unusual son.

Yorgos Lanthimos» name has become synonymous with contemporary absurdism; the films that have made him one of the most lauded filmmakers in recent years - Dogtooth, Alps, and The Lobster - have mixed stories of families and relationships in the most strange of circumstances, combining black comedy, violence, and the crisis of identity.

As the story of friends, family and identity crisis meanders toward its low - key feel - good conclusion, exceptionally lovely, nuanced performances by Rosemarie DeWitt and Allison Janney are the chief draw.

Baumbach has assembled an all - star that includes Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, and Adam Sandler (in one of his best performances in years), to tell the story of a dysfunctional family who has to deal with an emotional crisis.

Meanwhile, Lukas Moodysson's «Mammoth,» a seemingly «Babel» - flavoured story of families in crisis, stars Gael Garcia Bernal and Michelle Williams, and has long been one of my most anticipated films of the year.

It took the classic road trip story to a higher level and painted a picture of a family in crisis as well as any film had ever done before.

His American Beauty concerned a father in the middle of a personal crisis, Road to Perdition saw two fathers protecting their sons, and of course Revolutionary Road told the story of the typical all - American family in the 1950s struggling to get by.

As a result, the filmmaker naturally and enthrallingly created a relatable and realistic story about two families that are both struggling to overcome their grief during times of physical and emotional crisis.

Stuck in Love is a charming snapshot of a family in crisis, which teaches us what it means to be part of a family and the way in which people become part of a story.

The New Odyssey tells the story of the current crisis in chapters that alternate between a «big picture» overview and a riveting focus on the struggle of one lone immigrant, a Syrian refugee named Hashem al - Souki, who fled his native Damascus in search of a permanent place to resettle with his family.

A moving, deeply absorbing story of a family in crisis.

Daniel Isn't Talking is a moving, deeply absorbing story of a family in crisis.

Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks in present - day Washington, D.C., Here I Am is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis.

Told in cinematic style by acclaimed writer Mal Peet, this brilliant coming - of - age novel is a gripping family portrait that interweaves the stories of three generations and the terrifying crises that define them.

From the author of The Nightingale, comes a story of a family in crisis and a young girl struggling to survive at the edge of the world, in America's last true frontier.