Family Viewing

– An emotionally constrained view of the displacement of human feelings in our video saturated society..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 26 Minutes
Release Year:
1987
Family Viewing
Family Viewing (1987)

An emotionally constrained view of the displacement of human feelings in our video saturated society. Van regularly visits his grandmother in a run-down nursing home. His father depends on phone sex for guidance meanwhile erasing family homevideos of happier times with homemade pornography. Will Van rescue his grandmother and memories of his mother in time?

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Release Date:

01 Sep 1988

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
NOT RATED

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Van's father, Stan, is fond of video, always taping scenes of daily family life. But he does not take care of Van's grandmother, Armen. Although he could afford having her at home, she is spending her days watching TV in an old people's home. Van often visits her. He meets Aline, whose mother is in the next bed. Van wants to get his grandma out of the old people's home. Aline will help. Actually, Van, whose mother left, years ago, is looking for a real family life.

Awards:

3 wins & 9 nominations.

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Internet Movie Database:
6.7/10

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