He wrote to her, about her, and for her.
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
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Earnest, spare, grave and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Amanda SeyfriedKatie Davis
- Russell CroweJake Davis
- Aaron PaulCameron
- Diane KrugerElizabeth
- Jane FondaTheodora
- Bruce GreenwoodWilliam
- Octavia SpencerDr. Corman
- Quvenzhané WallisLucy
- Janet McTeerCarolyn
- Kylie RogersYoung Katie
Crew
- Gabriele MuccinoDirector
- Brad DeschScreenplay
- Shane HurlbutDirector of Photography
- Paolo BuonvinoOriginal Music Composer
- Alex RodríguezEditor
- Sherryl ClarkProducer
- Craig J. FloresProducer
- Nicolas ChartierProducer
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