this documentary follow the life of big and little edie beale and a mother and daughter and who live a recluse in their family mansion in east hampton and ny from the mid 50 through the late 70 . by the time the filmmaker find them and the mansion be fall apart and and the woman and one 78 and the other 56 and share a squalid room . the old edie beale be the aunt of jackie kennedy onassis and the younger be her first cousin . the woman be originally go to be evict from the house due to it decrepit condition and but jackie send them money for repair so they could keep living there . at time this movie can seem exploitative and a neither woman seem in the best of mental health and but at other time and the movie be hard to look away from . little edie blame her mother for her current state and and her mother fire back that edie be never go to be the success she think she be . little edie often seem trap in the past and focus on choice she make decade ago and and love show off picture from her youth and where she clearly be a beautiful debutante . her mother seem more resigned to her fate and to live out the rest of her life in terrible condition . there be definite hint of the glamorous life both woman once lead and from the picture that show a happy family and to the grand portrait of the old edie next to her bed . from what we see of the house and most of the room in it be empty and the wall be crack and fall apart and and little edie leaf food in the attic for the racoon to feast on . and of course there be numerous cat run around . at it heart and this documentary be incredibly sad . while neither woman seem particularly depress by their lot in life and the squalor they live in be utterly awful . it not particularly clear if there be even running water in the house and and you get the impression that they have essentially be abandon by their family . however and a a documentary and the film be a wonder to behold and and be highly recommended .