What do you hold on to when your world turns upside down?
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
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Contemporary, grave, spare and earnest.
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- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Glenn CloseEsther Gold
- Dermot MulroneyJim Train
- Jessica CampbellJulie Gold
- Patricia ClarksonAnnette Jennings
- Joshua JacksonPaul Gold
- Moira KellySusan Train
- Robert KleinHoward Gold
- Timothy OlyphantRandy
- Mary Kay PlaceHelen Christianson
- Kristen StewartSam Jennings
Crew
- Rose TrocheDirector
- Rose TrocheScreenplay
- Enrique ChediakDirector of Photography
- Barb MorrisonOriginal Music Composer
- Nance NielandOriginal Music Composer
- Charles NielandOriginal Music Composer
- Geraldine PeroniEditor
- Dorothy BerwinProducer
- Christine VachonProducer
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