Gena Rowlands portrays Birdee's ever-present mother, Ramona Calvert. Her character always has something to say when it comes to any subject: love, life, family, and most of all, putting the past behind you. Ramona has to sit by and watch her daughter go through the hardest set-back of her life, while her own husband is in a nursing home, unable to even remember who she is. This character is a great asset to the movie, and without her guiding words, the movie would not be what it is.

Gena Rowlands Links The Gena Rowlands Page A Tribute to Gena Rowlands Quotes Ramona: You think life goes on forever? You think behind every chance there's another chance and another one and another one? It's the worse kind of extravegance the way you spend your chances, Birdee. Ramona: Mothers love their daughters, even if they show poorly. Ramona: That's what families are for. That's why they're invented - so hopeless doesn't get the last word...My Birdee has a lot more strength than she's known. One day she's going to realize it.