A couple's wrenching decision about family and future unfolds with intimate, melancholy earnestness.
Earnest. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Hulu.
Nothing past what a PG-13 promises: no sex or nudity and mild language.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 7.
How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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