The #1 Movie Review, Analysis, Question and Answer Site

The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2008)

Synopsis:
On a snowy winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry rushes his pregnant wife Norah to the hospital, where, with help from her husband and nurse Caroline Gill, she delivers their son Paul. However, Dr. Henry discovers that his wife was carrying twins, and helps her deliver the second child, a baby girl named Phoebe. Shortly after Phoebe's birth, he finds that she has Down Syndrome, and hands her over to Nurse Caroline, explaining that the death of his ill sister nearly destroyed their mother and he doesn't want Norah to go through that. Instead, he instructs Caroline to take Phoebe to a nearby institution for the mentally ill, figuring the child won't live much longer, and tells Norah that Phoebe was a stillborn. However, after visiting the institution and seeing the state of the other patients, Caroline takes the baby home with her, stopping along the way to buy formula and diapers. With help from a truck driver named Al, Caroline begins to raise the baby as her own, while Dr. Henry develops an obsession for photography after his wife gives him the gift of a Memory Keeper camera.
Resource Links:

Reviews & Analyses: The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Tell the world what you think about The Memory Keeper's Daughter. Post a Review / Analysis!

Post a Review / Analysis
Earn QUA for FREE by contributing to MovieQUA!

Login required. Reviews / Analyses cannot be changed once submitted - please post carefully! No URLs!
Title
Required. An introduction to your Review / Analysis
Body
Required. Post your Review / Analysis in as much detail and as personally as you want. This is your chance to share your innermost thoughts on The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Image
Optional. You can include an image to complement your Analysis
Answer Humanoid Test
Zero + CAPTCHA Image =

Latest Questions

Be the first to share a The Memory Keeper's Daughter question!

Post Question
Earn QUA for FREE by contributing to MovieQUA!

Login required. Questions cannot be changed once submitted - please post carefully! No URLs!
Question Title
Required. A catchy introduction to your question
Full Question
Required. Describe in detail exactly what you want to know
Question Category
Plot and Symbolism
Fact vs Fiction
Behind the Scenes
Movie Music
Actors and Actresses
Required. Pick what makes sense!
Answer Humanoid Test
Zero + CAPTCHA Image =

Two boys (Ramallo and Manuel) and a girl in the Spanish Civil War are involved in the death of other two boys, one ki...
In this violent spaghetti western a murderous robber hijacks a payroll train, murders everyone aboard and then stashe...
Illia is Piraeus's most popular person: an energetic prostitute, full of life and good humor. Every day, she swims at...
The successful children's writer Claire Holloway is troubled by scary nightmares and is under psychological treatment...