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It’s been weeks since I’ve watched Elizabeth Olsen’s Three Daughters, and there’s one thing I still can’t get rid of

Umito November 11, 2024

There is a seemingly endless list of great options for bingeing on Netflixand while I really love going to the theater, there’s no denying the convenience of streaming. After hearing positive things about His three daughters — an offering on Netflix’s 2024 calendar — I decided to check it out, even though I knew the subject might touch me a little. It’s been weeks now since I watched the film about three sisters going through their father’s final days, and I still can’t shake the reality of this film in relation to my family’s own experiences with child care. end of life.

His three daughters stars Carrie Coon, Natacha Lyonne And Elizabeth Olsen as ex-sisters who reunite at their father’s home, where Rachel (Lyonne) lives with and cares for their ill father. Old wounds and a complicated family dynamics are quickly revealed as they all face his impending death in their own ways. The story really resonated with me, and here are some reasons why it felt so real to me.

Natasha Lyonne in Her Three Daughters — (Image credit: Netflix)

I saw parts of myself and my family in each of the three sisters

First of all, I want to say that I will never claim to be an expert in hospice or hospice care. I can only speak from my limited experience, which includes my husband and I providing end-of-life care to a loved one a few years ago and seeing other family members serve as long-term caregivers. I know that every family’s experience is different, that everyone deals with grief differently, and that every family has to deal with their own drama. All of these individualities are exactly why I wasn’t ready to see as much of myself and my family in the very specific characters of His three daughters (which can be broadcast with a Netflix subscription).

I recognized Rachel’s discomfort at having Katie (Carrie Coon) and Christina (Elizabeth Olsen) at home while also being relieved to finally have help. I saw Katie’s gratitude to Rachel for caring for their father come across as judgment and jealousy. Christina’s guilt was ever-present, whether it was over not having been there to help Rachel or the guilt that being with her father meant she wasn’t home to take care of her own. children.

More than their overall personality, there were a lot of little moments and anxieties that struck a chord with me: someone obsessed with paperwork, someone needing validation, decisions about shopping, documenting breathing changes and worrying about who – if anyone – was in the room with the person being cared for. It may have been a fictional family, but it seemed too real to me.

Carrie Coon in Her Three Daughters

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Feelings of isolation were beautifully portrayed

One thing that struck me right away was Katie’s tendency to talk has people instead of has them. I thought it would bother me, but I came to understand that it was his way of coping. She often gave monologues, not noticing or caring whether her audience was paying attention, because she was simply trying to handle the situation on her own. It was very “main character syndrome”, but also quite understandable given that his father was dying. Rachel and Christina had their own way of showing how isolated they felt.

The camera work also helped bring out the feeling that they were going through this, even when they were surrounded by each other. Many of the conversations between the women showed only one of them, images lingering on their faces rather than changing to capture her sister’s response.

Elizabeth Olsen in Her Three Daughters.

(Image credit: Netflix)

The sisters’ interactions with the hospice nurse were among the most memorable moments

I think I was particularly amused by the sisters’ interactions with palliative care staff, a profession that filmmaker Azazel Jacobs paid tribute by naming a character “Angel”. It’s because these moments were so relatable that I was able to find some humor in them.

Plus Katie and Christina obsessing over their defenders’ names being Angel (“That’s quite a name, considering what you do.”) and Mirabella (“I’m sorry, that’s so weird that’s her name. I keep picturing my daughter when you talk about her), some of the conversations they had with Angel sounded like someone had secretly recorded this. period of my life and replayed my words coming out of my mouth characters.

I remember we were desperate for any information, hanging on every word from our very patient hospice nurse. So it was funny to me, in a way, to see women doing the same thing, asking the same questions and looking for information, only to then question the nurse’s expertise or try to dispel whatever had been said. Katie continually thought their lawyer was speaking in code, telling Christina at one point:

You understood what he said earlier, didn’t you? Don’t call him or anyone else until Dad is dead. Make sure the guy isn’t breathing and more.

Every family has that cynic, right? I remember being upset by this person in my family, but that was her filter on the situation, just as it was Katie’s very specific perspective. Once again, I was struck by the idea that something that seemed so unique to me might actually have been more universal than I thought.

Lyonne, Coon and Olsen look shocked in His Three Daughters

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The ending threw me for a loop – but only for a minute

I won’t go into too much detail about a certain twist in order to avoid spoilers, but there was a scene near the end that caught me off guard because it lacked the realism I felt in the rest of the film. . I quickly figured out what was going on and everything was revealed pretty quickly. I went back and forth on what I thought about it, and ended up being happy that it turned out that way. It gave the audience a sense of closure, although the same can’t be said for Rachel, Katie and Christina.

I can only speak from my own experience with end-of-life care, and I’m sure not everyone will take away the same thing from this film, but I found His three daughters be incredibly relevant. It stayed with me to the point that even weeks after watching it, there is a part of me that remembers little moments that I had forgotten. A little time and distance (both from my family’s experiences and from Film release in 2024) also allowed me to see some of these moments from a different perspective.

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It’s been weeks since I’ve watched Elizabeth Olsen’s Three Daughters, and there’s one thing I still can’t get rid of

I saw parts of myself and my family in each of the three sisters

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It’s been weeks since I’ve watched Elizabeth Olsen’s Three Daughters, and there’s one thing I still can’t get rid of

I saw parts of myself and my family in each of the three sisters

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