Pieces of April
(2003)
★ 6.5 IMDb · 277 votes
Year: 2003
Runtime: 81 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Peter Hedges
Cast: Кэти Холмс, Дерек Люк, Патрисия Кларксон, Оливер Платт, Элисон Пилл, Джон Галлахер мл., Элис Драммонд, Lillias White, Исайя Уитлок мл., Виталий Баганов
Plot
Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.
In a very poor zone of New York, April Burns and her boyfriend, Bobby, are preparing to receive April's family for thanksgiving dinner. While Bobby tries to borrow a suit for himself, April realizes that her stove is broken. She tries desperately to find a neighbor that can let her cook the turkey, since she does not want to fail (again) with her family. Meanwhile, in a suburb of Pennsylvania, her dysfunctional family is preparing to travel to New York. While driving, the relationship between the Burns and their black-sheep April is disclosed through the conversations between her father Jim, her resented mother Joy, her brother, her sister and her grandmother.