Summaries

The fractious family of a father and his two sons confront their different feelings and memories of their deceased wife and mother, a famed war photographer.

An upcoming exhibition celebrating photographer Isabelle Reed three years after her untimely death, brings her eldest son Jonah back to the family house - forcing him to spend more time with his father Gene and withdrawn younger brother Conrad than he has in years. With the three of them under the same roof, Gene tries desperately to connect with his two sons, but they struggle to reconcile their feelings about the woman they remember so differently.

Three years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene keeps everyday life going with his shy teenage son, Conrad. A planned exhibition of Isabelle's photographs prompts Gene's older son, Jonah, to return to the house he grew up in - and for the first time in a very long time, the father and the two brothers are living under the same roof.—yusufpiskin

The fractious family of a father and his two sons confront their different feelings and memories of their deceased wife and mother, a famed war photographer. Three years after her unexpected death, when an unsettling secret resurfaces, the three men are forced to look at each other in a new light.—yusufpiskin

Details

Keywords
  • single father
  • playing a video game
  • war photographer
  • war reporter
  • car truck crash
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Oct 1, 2015
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States France Norway Denmark
Language English French
Filming locations Cold Spring Harbor High School, 82 Turkey Lane, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
Production companies Nimbus Film Motlys Memento Films Production

Box office

Budget $11000000
Gross US & Canada $163807
Opening weekend US & Canada $24259
Gross worldwide $1160724

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 49m
Color Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

An upcoming exhibition celebrating photographer Isabelle Reed three years after her untimely death brings her eldest son Jonah back to the family house - forcing him to spend more time with his father Gene and withdrawn younger brother Conrad than he has in years. With the three of them under the same roof, Gene tries desperately to connect with his two sons, but they struggle to reconcile their feelings about the woman they remember so differently.

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