Archive - Festival 42

Striking Animation Honors an Artist’s Heartbreaking Account of Losing Her Mother to Alzheimer’s

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  • Archive - Festival 42
  • Director: Leah Nelson
  • USA, Canada 2026
  • 102 minutes
  • English
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

Sarah leaves her exciting life as an activist and artist in 1990s San Francisco to return to the small, conservative hometown she fled when Alzheimer's begins to erode her mother's vibrant personality. Forced to grow up quickly, she juggles a new relationship, long-held career ambitions, and an eccentric family, whom she literally follows to Mexico and back in a last-ditch effort to make them take the situation seriously. Confronting a disorienting reality she can't control, Sarah must find her footing – learning to accept her mother's decline and the imperfect beauty of her family – in order to become the daughter they need.

Leah Nelson's film brings Sarah Leavitt's acclaimed graphic novel to the screen with an exceptional voice cast. 

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  • Director Leah Nelson
  • Production Vicky Patel, Steve Barnett, Alan Powell, Seth Rogen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
  • Script Leah Nelson, Sarah Leavitt, Trev Renney, based on Leavitt's graphic memoir
  • Editing David Avery
  • Music Dan Romer
  • Festivals Cannes, Annecy
  • Voices Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Beanie Feldstein, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman, Pamela Adlon
  • Source Lev Cinemas

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