Sentences with phrase «willed father»

Noah Baumbach, USA, 2017, 110m North American Premiere Noah Baumbach revisits the terrain of family vanities and warring attachments that he began exploring with The Squid and the Whale in this intricately plotted story of three middle - aged siblings (Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, and Elizabeth Marvel) coping with their strong - willed father (Dustin Hoffman) and the flightiness of his wife (Emma Thompson).

From writer / director Noah Baumbach, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) is the emotional and comic intergenerational tale of adult siblings (Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, and Elizabeth Marvel) contending with the long shadow their strong - willed father (Dustin Hoffman) has cast over their lives.

After unsuccessfully trying to sort things out with his weak - willed father, Jimmy runs off into the night.

Friends and associates of Gov. Andrew Cuomo privately predict difficult times ahead for the governor as he adjusts to the end of his unusually dependent relationship with his strong - willed father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, who died Thursday.

Not exact matches

845 To reunite all his children, scattered and led astray by sin, the Father willed to call the whole of humanity together into his Son's Church.

«They who are idolaters will say: Had Allah willed, we had not ascribed (unto Him) partners neither had our fathers, nor had we forbidden aught.

Yet he accepted with a perfect resignation of his human will that a greater good, indeed the greatest good willed by The Father lay in His enduring the cross.

Despite the BBC's laudable attempt to be fairly faithful to the Gospels they certainly don't hold to the Christian affirmation that «the Father of mercies willed that the incarnation should be preceded by assent on the part of the predestined mother» [Catechism, 488].

I was wondering why Jesus would conclude his prayer with «nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt» if He was asking exactly what the Father willed.

Of course all of this is foreknown and willed by the Father as the only way for man to be redeemed.

Christine «Lady Bird» McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong - willed mom (Laurie Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird's father (Tracy Letts) loses his job.

She is the daughter of strong - willed immigrants and identifies closely with her father; a political activist serving a life sentence in prison.

Ambitious, strong - willed and terrifying, Vyla shares a past with Jesse's father which gives her a singular hold over Jesse.»

The pic, which will fly in theaters November 10 via A24, follows a young woman who fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong - willed mom a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird's father loses his job.

«Moana» stars Auli`i Cravalho as the voice of Moana, Dwayne Johnson as the voice of Maui, Temuera Morrison («Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones,» «Once Were Warriors,» «Six Days, Seven Nights») as Moana's no - nonsense father, Chief Tui; Rachel House («Whale Rider,» «Hunt for Wilderpeople,» «Eagle vs Shark,» «Boy,» «White Lies») as Moana's trusted Gramma Tala; and Nicole Scherzinger (Grammy ® - nominated singer, West End's «Cats») as Moana's playful and strong - willed mother, Sina; Jemaine Clement («The BFG,» «Despicable Me,» «Rio,» «Rio 2,» «What We Do in the Shadows,» Flight of the Conchords) voices Tamatoa, a self - absorbed, 50 - foot crab; and Alan Tudyk («Zootopia,» «Wreck - It Ralph,» «Big Hero 6») lends his voice to stowaway rooster Heihei.

The directorial debut by actress Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha, Mistress America), Lady Bird stars Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn, The Grand Budapest Hotel) as Christine «Lady Bird» McPherson, a young woman who fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong - willed mom (Laurie Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird's father (Tracy Letts) loses his job.

Grounded in a precise, unemphatic naturalism, Girlfight is the story of a strong - willed Hispanic teenage girl from Brooklyn who takes up boxing without her father's knowledge, gradually wins her skeptical trainer's respect, falls for another boxer, and eventually takes her first steps towards going pro.

In a narrative showcasing her signature black humor and spot - on observations about life, Chast, an only child, also looks back on her family's history, exploring the identities of her volatile, strong - willed mother, Elizabeth, and her needy, anxious father, George.

Along the way, he offers an unforgettable portrait of his father, a brilliant farmer and strict segregationist who treated black workers with his own brand of «separate» respect and fairness, and his strong - willed and well - read mother, a nurse who cared for all in need — regardless of their position in the community.

In this vibrant historical novel, 12 - year - old Meg, strong - willed and smart, sees her inheritance slip away when her father remarries.

One gains a deep understanding of - and sympathy for - not only Luo Xiatong, but his strong - willed mother, his long - suffering father, and Lao Lan, the corrupt village headman.

My father passed in 2015 and he willed the house to me.

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She grew up in a supportive home with strong - willed parents — her mother, a considerate woman with inventive creativity, and her father, an anonymous feminist.

My strong - willed mother demanded that my father be allowed in the delivery room (which wasn't allowed at the time), much to his dismay.