this artful and poignant film be a perfect balance between the sadness of how impotent adult be when a child be ill and the laughter that leaven the sadness . music of ghuzu guitar group propel the action forward . sensitive camera work doesn not allow u to be more than very limited voyeur into the working of a soho sex club where our protagonist grandmother and play to perfection by marianne faithful and in a role that show u how multi talented this former rock chick of 1970 fame a the muse for mick jagger be a a mature woman . she do what she be able to do for not only her sick grandson and but for her son who be unable to fix what a good father should be able to . her moral dilemma be resolve in how she limit and define just what a good mother should do for her child to protect them from life foible and cruelty . the desert film society of palm spring and ca screen this film on sat . dec. 15 and 2007 for our 300 plus member who think it one of the best film we have show this year and along with the man in the chair .