Two Weeks - With your loved ones

Movie
German title	Two Weeks - With your loved ones
Original title	Two weeks
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2006
length	102 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Steve Stockman
script	Steve Stockman
production	Pam Dixon John Maria's Steve Stockman
music	Heitor Pereira
camera	Stephen Kazmierski
cut	Debra Chiate
occupation
Sally Field : Anita Bergman Ben Chaplin : Keith Bergman Julianne Nicholson : Emily Bergman Thomas Cavanagh : Barry Bergman James Murtaugh : Jim Cranston Anna Grace Smith : Sarah Bergman Glenn Howerton : Matthew Bergman Jeffrey Reagan Johnson : Ben Bergman Clea DuVall : Katrina Michael Hyatt : Carol

Two Weeks - In the circle of their loved ones (Original title: Two Weeks ) is an American comedy film / drama from 2006. Sally Field and Ben Chaplin play the leading roles .

The film is the feature film debut of commercial director Steve Stockman , who also wrote the script - based on his experiences after his mother's death.

The German free TV premiere ran on June 17, 2015 under the title Two Weeks - Anita's farewell .

action

Anita Bergman only has a few days left, so her children Keith, Barry, Emily and Matthew decide to come home to say goodbye to her. However, Anita lives longer than expected, so the children have to continue to live under one roof. They soon catch up with the problems of the past, but Anita believes that as long as they stick together, they can solve anything. In a video shot by a son, the life of the family is portrayed and the mother says how she would like it to end. In the fourteen days described, the state of health rapidly declines. The children take turns looking after them, at last they take turns every two hours at night. Accompanied by the hospice, Anita is given increasing doses of morphine. Eventually she falls into a coma. An overdose appears to have occurred, possibly due to the exhaustion of the children. Anita's request that her ashes be scattered on her father's grave is carried out against the rules of the Jewish faith.

Reviews

In the New York Times of March 2, 2007, Stephen Holden praised Sally Field's “ tough, precise performance ” , which is all the more captivating because of its understatement, at no point did you get the feeling that she was only staging. According to Holden, the film also manages many other details such as the care in the hospice, the calls to the funeral home and the last farewell to family and friends. When trying to outweigh the sadness and worry with humor, the film gets into serious trouble, according to Holden, and the attempts to tell Anita's résumé with flashbacks also seem increasingly artificial.

Web links

• Two Weeks - In the circle of their loved ones in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Two Weeks - With loved ones in the online film database
• Two Weeks - In the circle of loved ones at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• Two Weeks - With loved ones Official site with trailer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Two Weeks , article by Ruthe Stein in the San Francisco Chronicle, accessed October 30, 2008
2. ↑ 3Sat , accessed on July 5, 2015
3. ↑ Two Weeks (2006) - Lessons in Surviving a Mother's Dying Days , Review by Stephen Holden in the New York Times, March 2, 2007, accessed October 30, 2008