About the film
Absences is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Carole Laganière and released in 2013. Based in part on Laganière's relationship with her mother, whose memory was fading due to Alzheimer's disease, the film profiles three people who are coping with the unresolved absence of loved ones from their lives, while also reflecting on her own sense of loss.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).