When 80-year-old Joseph needs a new pair of glasses to alleviate his Parkinson's symptoms, his family battles health-care bureaucracy, a befuddled optometrist, and their own fears of loss to get the job done in this poignant dramedy.

Selected for Palm Springs ShortFest 2023, The Glasses is a story about what it means to love someone — and the bureaucratic chaos that stands between family and care.

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