Stepmom

Stepmom

Be there for the joy. Be there for the tears. Be there for each other.

1998125 min7.2 / 10

A tender, life-affirming drama about two women learning to bond through the shadow of mortality, balancing warmth with the weight of impending loss.

Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest, while they have the chance.

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