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Movie from 70's about mother who had no time for daughter?
there's this film about a mother who didn't spend much time with her daughter I believe she worked all the time but at the end of the film she attended her daughter's school play. (I believe the title had something to do with man on the moon not sure)



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Could you be thinking of The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972) starring Joanne Woodward?

Synopsis:

From the Pullizer Prize winning play by Paul Zindel, this is the story of Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters, Ruth and Matilda. A middle-aged widowed eccentric, Beatrice is looking for her life in the classified ads while all about her is the rubble of an unkempt house. All she needs is the right opportunity, she says puffing on a cigarette. Poorly equipped to survive the vagaries of modern life, she has nonetheless always managed to muddle through. Ruth, epileptic and making her way through the rebellious phase of adolescence, seems doomed to make the same mistakes as her mother. Quiet Matilda, on the other hand, seeks refuge in her animals and her schoolwork. "Jesus, don't you hate the world, Matilda?" Beatrice asks her youngest daughter. The title of the film is also the subject of Matilda's science project at school and serves as a metaphor for the way life affects each of us differently -- how some are able to find opportunity in adversity and thrive and how some succumb when the burden becomes too heavy. This is the story of slowly drowning and grasping desperately for a lifeline only to find that there's none there and you must save yourself. "No, Mama," Matilda says, "I don't hate the world."



The movie concludes with the youngest child's entry in the school science fair. Here's the scene on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqNclnCEK…

Note: The voices are out of sync.



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