A small-time con artist rips off elderly dementia patients by pretending to be their daughter – until the con catches up with her. Starring Samantha Sloyan, lead of Netflix’s hit miniseries “Midnight Mass” and “Fall of the House of Usher.”

Director’s Vision for ‘Good Daughter’

Both of my grandmothers died of Alzheimer’s. My family spent lots of time in the memory care facilities with them, but not everyone was so fortunate. I saw a lot of lonely people who had few visitors and no one by their side as they were dying. In a world where Alzheimer’s impacts just about everyone, I thought that the value of spending time with loved ones – and the lengths someone would go to for a person they love – were issues worth exploring. I also appreciate the dichotomy of a morally ambiguous character, and Good Daughter has a great one. After all, the only reason Rebecca’s plan “works” is because these patients’ families no longer come to visit them. She gives comfort to those who have been abandoned in their dying days; she takes things that will never be missed – and gives parents one last moment with their “children.” It may come at a cost, but I have to wonder if the patients’ lives would be better if she had never visited?