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Blackbird
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
Roger Michell
Casts & Crew
Susan Sarandon
Kate Winslet
Mia Wasikowska
Rainn Wilson
Sam Neill
Bex Taylor-Klaus
Lindsay Duncan
Anson Boon
Also Directed by Roger Michell
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