The Inheritance
An intimate story of a courageous family
2014-08-01 | 70 minutes
Plot Summary
This haunting, personal film offers a firsthand perspective on the hereditary neurodegenerative Huntington’s Disease. The condition typically shows up in mid-adult life, and DNA testing has shown Wellington film editor and screenwriter Bridget Lyon is likely to fall prey. She and her husband, director Jeff McDonald, are forced to face the disease’s horrors head-on while watching her mother’s deterioration.
Cast
Recommendations
Similar Movies
-
La Pieuvre
-
The Present
-
Dancer in the Dark
-
Extraordinary Measures
-
Spasmo
-
Temurun
-
Children of the Dark
-
We
-
Genderation
-
The Last Forest
-
Who We Were
-
Mr. Bachmann and His Class
-
Doces Relatos
-
Smokehouse
-
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
-
Pengi and Sommi
-
John Ford Goes to War
-
The Battle of the La Plata River
-
The John Garfield Story
-
For the Love of Kira