The film, written by Ernest Thompson, depicts a retired professor and his wife vacationing in a holiday home on the shores of Lake New England, but facing various crises of old age in quiet days. His daughter has just divorced and is in a wandering state of mind. The two fathers and daughters, who have always had a bad relationship, finally untied all kinds of knots because their 13-year-old grandson lived with his grandparents for some time. The film won three Academy Awards for Best adapted Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress, making Katherine Hepburn the only four gold medal awards in film history. Henry Fonda also won the Oscar he had longed for in his hospital bed.
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