DIRECTOR:
Noble Jones
CAST:
John Lithgow, Blythe Danner, Derek Cecil, Katie Aselton
94
MIN / USA / Color / 2019 / English
SPECIAL
SELECTION: 2019 Sundance Film Festival
Retiree Ed Hemsler (John Lithgow) spends his
quiet days watching the news, checking internet forums, and preparing for the
end of the world. As a self-proclaimed “prepper,” Ed is constantly making
arrangements for the future, often at the expense of things in the here and now—such
as his waning health and his strained relationship with his adult son. But then
he spots Ronnie Meisner (Blythe Danner) and knows there is something different
about her. The two form an unlikely bond and are happy together despite their
combined emotional baggage—until, one day, it all spills out before them.
In his debut feature, writer/director and
cinematographer Noble Jones candidly explores modern society’s unacknowledged
fear of aging and the erroneous assumption that getting older means losing
control.
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