A world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak and a touch of madness.
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Contemporary, spare, classical in form and raw.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Johnny DeppRichard Brown
- Rosemarie DeWittVeronica Sinclair-Brown
- Odessa YoungOlivia Brown
- Danny HustonPeter Matthew
- Zoey DeutchClaire
- Devon TerrellDanny
- Ron LivingstonHenry Wright
- Linda EmondBarbara
- Matreya ScarrwenerRose
- Siobhan Fallon HoganDonna
Crew
- Wayne RobertsDirector
- Wayne RobertsWriter
- Tim OrrDirector of Photography
- Aaron DessnerOriginal Music Composer
- Bryce DessnerOriginal Music Composer
- Sabine EmilianiEditor
- Warren CarrProducer
- Brian Kavanaugh-JonesProducer
- Greg ShapiroProducer
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