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"Evening": A Mother's Resilience

Evening is the story of an old dying woman, Ann (played by Vanessa Redgrave). In a series of flashbacks, Ann reflects on the good and bad choices in her life as a mother to her two daughters, Connie and Nina. In this scene a younger Ann (played by Claire Danes) is frantically moving about in the kitchen, trying her best to make spaghetti for her busy husband, ten-year-old Connie, and four-year-old Nina. The water is boiling over for the noodles, and the sauce is bubbling ...