THE CARRY-ON

Centered on a single mother and her daughter, The Carry-On shines a light on the vibrant and often turbulent human landscape of a nursing home while touching on themes of aging, caregiving, and farewell.

An HR manager who routinely lays off long-tenured employees with bold decisiveness now finds herself burning the candle at both ends as she single-handedly cares for her aging mother. Sensing her daughter is thinking of placing her in a nursing home, the mother packs her bags and voluntarily checks herself in—stepping into a world that is grounded in stark reality yet tinged with fantastical, unimaginable wonder…