The Whales of August

Two elderly sisters, Libby Strong (Bette Davis) and Sarah Webber (Lillian Gish), travel to their summer house in Maine. The pair couldn’t be less similar: Libby is blind, cynical and mean-spirited; Sarah is sunny, optimistic and healthy. Yet their shared memories and hardships help bind the two together. Still, the entrance of a local fisherman (Vincent Price) into Sarah’s life threatens to reopen old wounds.