Josef’s Daughter

At 50, Ilana Linden enters menopause, and her father Josef is dying of Parkinson’s. Immobilized by fear, she tries to hold back her own decline by molding a new body–making herself robust and resilient–so that mid-life can become a place of promise. Speaking directly to the camera, Ilana shares her most intimate thoughts about her relationship with her father and her terror of growing old.