Ein Tisch für fünf (1983)

Ein Tisch für fünf: Directed by Robert Lieberman. With Jon Voight, Richard Crenna, Marie-Christine Barrault, Millie Perkins. J.P. Tannen takes his three children for a vacation cruise. They usually live with their mother and stepfather, but now J.P. feels capable of taking them. Emotional tragedy strikes, causing battles parent against parent, and parent against child. J.P. tries to show his children that he loves them.

“I enjoyed this movie overall. It took a while to really get into the flow of the story but it represented well what absent parents endure as children become distant and alienated. Especially if youu0026#39;ve ever been unfortunate enough to experience a heartbreaking divorce you should pay close attention to the pyramid scene where John Voight speaks to the children about what causes families to break apart. And if youu0026#39;ve also lost regular contact with your kids the pyramid scene as well as several other scenes will likely bring tears to your eyes. But itu0026#39;s not all about sadness and a broken home; itu0026#39;s also about how one can restore relationships through determination and should never give up hope.”