Donkeyhead

Summary

“Donkeyhead” follows Mona, a struggling writer who has withdrawn from the world to care for her aging Sikh father in their family home. Her quiet, isolated routine is disrupted when her father suffers a debilitating stroke, prompting her three accomplished siblings to return and assume control of his care. Though they present themselves as practical and responsible, their arrival quickly exposes old resentments, competing ideas about family duty, and unresolved tensions over Mona’s choices and perceived failures. As the siblings debate medical decisions, finances, and what is best for their father, Mona finds herself fighting to have her devotion and knowledge recognized. The crisis also forces each family member to confront the gap between outward success and private dissatisfaction. Set within a close-knit Sikh Canadian family, the film explores caregiving, sibling rivalry, cultural expectations, immigration, grief, and the complicated ways love can coexist with anger and disappointment. Its intimate, often sharply observed drama centers less on a single confrontation than on the painful process of family members trying to understand one another when circumstances leave them no place to hide.