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A Piano for Mrs. Cimino is a 1982 television movie drama directed by George Schaefer.
It stars Bette Davis as an elderly woman who tried to find meaning in her life, after her son has her institutionalized when he believes she is no longer able to manage her own affairs. The film also stars George Hearn, Christopher Guest and Keenan Wynn.
Esther Cimino, a music teacher who has reached retirement age, finds that her mental faculties are slipping somewhat. The film is a trenchant, realistic study of the ravages and displacements, socially, physically, and mentally, that are visited upon a once-proud, sensitive, and still highly intelligent woman who is declared mentally incompetent by her children. She is subjected to a hearing, where her blurred responses prompt the judge to put her in a nursing home, and she begins to deteriorate. However, her granddaughter who loves her rouses her back to life and helps her learn how to live again. Written by alfiehitchie
