A trio of powerhouse talents, Elizabeth Olsen , Natasha Lyonne and Carrie Coon , play sisters in one of the latest titles on Netflix movie and TV show release dates for this weekend, His Three Daughters . In what is one of the most acclaimed of 2024 movies , the estranged siblings come together to take care of their father, who is officially in hospice when the movie starts. When CinemaBlend interviewed the movie’s writer/director, Azazel Jacobs, he spoke to how the movie pays tribute to the hospice nurses of the world.
While hospice is seldom the topic of movies, it’s something that is increasingly common among families, with there being 1.8 million hospice users as of 2024, per the University of Pennsylvania (in comparison to 500k in 2000). During my conversation with His Three Daughters ’ Azazel Jacobs, he spoke about highlighting the process through the dramedy.
In his words: Well, I could say that not finding out about hospice nurses until later in my life, it's not a coincidence that I named a character Angel. Like, I cannot believe that these people exist. I'm so grateful to really so much just so many of these kinds of nurses.
No matter what's going on in this world, there's these people that seem to be treating everybody in the most human and humane way. And, I am in awe of them. So I think that's something that I try to bring into this film as best as I can.
And also understand that they're human beings wrestling with their own lives. And, there's nothing robo.