Academy Award winner Maggie Smith plays Mrs. Silly, a woman who has lost her husband to another, and is now about to lose her son to an expensive boarding school, compliments of her ex's money. Confronted with these losses, Mrs. Silly realizes she must regain her identity. Desperately trying to keep up appearances, to be cheerful, busy and dignified, she only succeeds in living up to the derisive nickname she invented for herself. For anyone who has ever been a mother or a child -- and that fits everyone -- this is a heart-wrenching story of family love.
