Eleanore & the Timekeeper

Eleanore & the Timekeeper

2010 · 76 min

The complexities of a mother's sacrifice are discovered when Eleanore, at age 91, moves her developmentally disabled son Ronnie into a group home, after 64 years of devoted companionship and daily ritual in their modest Pennsylvania farmhouse. Elanore & the timekeeper is a quiet love story between a mother and son, which records the inevitable transformation in their relationship, and shifting definitions of home over a seven-year span.

Directed by Daniele Wilmouth

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