Templates

Like a tattered string of paper dolls, maternal patterns reappear generation after generation.  How much of a mother’s history is reflected in the decisions and challenges faced by her daughter?

 

Reacting to her husband’s affair with his research assistant, Sara flees her secure life in suburban Boston, uprooting her two children and moving into a family lake house in Winnesquall, New Hampshire.  There, Sara’s life reels in unanticipated directions.

 

Living in a small cottage next door is down-to-earth single mother, Cindy, a local woman with little patience for ‘outsiders’ like Sara and her children.  Yet something in Sara’s struggle pulls Cindy in, ultimately leading to heartbreak, redemption, and, through Sara’s actions, the fracturing of Cindy's hard exterior.

 

Worlds apart, the two women share an uneasy bond as they grapple with inherited templates for womanhood and discover the distinct garland of paper dolls lingering in the shadows of their lives.

Ca un sir de papusi de hartie, tiparele materne reapar generatie dupa generatie. Cat din istoria unei mame se reflecta in deciziile si provocarile cu care se confrunta fiica ei? Reactionand la relatia sotului ei cu asistentul sau de cercetare, Sara isi fuga viata in siguranta in suburbanul Boston, dezradacinandu-i pe cei doi copii si mutandu-se intr-o casa de familie din lac, in Winnesquall, New Hampshire. Acolo, viata Sara se deruleaza in directii neprevazute. Locuind intr-o casuta de alaturi, este Cindy, o mama singura, o femeie locala cu putina rabdare pentru „straini”, cum ar fi Sara si copiii ei. Cu toate acestea, ceva in lupta lui Sara il atrage pe Cindy, ducand in cele din urma la sfasierea inimii, rascumpararea si, prin actiunile Sara, fracturarea exteriorului dur al lui Cindy. Separat de lumi, cele doua femei impartasesc o legatura nelinistita in timp ce se lupta cu sabloane mostenite pentru femeie si descopera ghirlanda distincta de papusi de hartie care persista in umbrele vietii lor.