MOVIE · 1981
On Golden Pond
DramaRomance109 min
Returning to their New England lake house for another summer, Norman and Ethel Thayer find old family tensions waiting for them. Henry Fonda is Norman, a retired professor whose sharp edges and advancing age have strained an already difficult bond with his daughter Chelsea; Katharine Hepburn brings warmth and resolve to Ethel, who tries to keep the family intact. When Chelsea arrives with her new boyfriend and his son Billy, the visit becomes an uneasy reunion, with long-held resentments, generational friction, and an unexpected connection taking shape by the quiet waters of Golden Pond.
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