the mother tell of a recently widow mid 60 mother of two adult child ( reid ) who and on the heel of her husband death and find herself awaken from a life of sleepwalk a she have an affair with a young carpenter who be also her daughter marry lover . the film dwells on the quietly passive mom and her tenuous relationship with her grown son and daughter and the silent need she attempt to soothe in bed with her young lover and and the convolution arise therefrom . a somewhat antiseptic drama with rumble psychodramatic undercurrent and the mother do an excellent job of deal with uncomfortable issue realistically while avoid gratuitous sensationalism . will play best with more mature audience and possibly woman and who may better empathize with the central character and her need and issue . ( b plus ) .