Nate is an anxious millennial writer who unexpectedly discovers his partner’s infidelity. He decides to change his life, leaving city life behind to move to the countryside with his grandparents. But the decision proves misguided: the days drift by aimlessly, and his two elderly grandparents turn out to be incredibly overbearing, driven by a desire to “improve” a grandson they fail to understand. The situation gets even worse when his grandfather Saul begins to display symptoms of dementia and his grandmother refuses to accept the truth. Nate is torn between his love for his grandparents and his own needs and struggles to find a way forward, especially as his relationship with Charlie, the charming family doctor, takes a more personal turn. A comedy that blends humour, emotion, and reflection, while sensitively exploring themes such as aging, family, and generational conflict. The film marks Mike Doyle’s return to the Lovers Film Festival, following Passing Through (2023), and features F. Murray Abraham—Academy Award winner for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (dir. Miloš Forman)—as Saul.
Biography
film director
Mike Doyle
Mike Doyle is an actor, screenwriter and director. He studied acting at Juillard School and starred in several series produced by Netflix and by major American broadcast networks like CBS, NBC, FOX. He has appeared on the big screen in Green Lantern (by Martin Campbell, 2011) and in Jersey Boys (by Clint Eastwood, 2014). He directed the short film Shiner (2006), in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival, The Chase (2019), and the feature film Sell By (2019) and Passing Through (2023).
Cast
& Credits
Montaggio/Editing Ryan Kendrick
Fotografia/Photography Tari Segal
Scenografia/Production Design Madeline O'Brien
Suono/Sound Nick Laws, Joshua Z. Timmerman
Musica/Music Dabney Morris
Interpreti/Cast Noam Ash, F. Murray Abraham, Caroline Aaron, Charlie Barnett, Jared Reinfeldt
Produttore/Producer Alon Shtruzman, Scott Einbinder, Noam Ash, Henry Russell Bergstein, Warren Ostergard
Produzione/Production 5X Media, Vitamin A Films, Ice Berg Productions, Creative Partners Productions, Plattinum Records, Midnight Theatricals
Vendite internazionali/World Sales The Film Collaborative
