
Eternity(2025)
In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with and her first love, who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.


After years of estrangement, a trans woman returns home to help care for her dying mother.

Trace Lysette
Monica

Patricia Clarkson
Eugenia

Emily Browning
Laura

Joshua Close
Paul

Adriana Barraza
Leticia

Vladimir Perez
Car Repairman

Ali Amine
Man Getting Massage
Lucia Ramos
Woman at Gas Station
Leland Pittman
Benny
Brennan Pittman
Benny
Monica is a drama film released in 2023 exploring themes of forgiveness, affectation, dying mother, lgbt, hard, meditative. Directed by Andrea Pallaoro, it stars Trace Lysette, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Browning. After years of estrangement, a trans woman returns home to help care for her dying mother.
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