Sometimes a wrong turn can get you to the right place.
Newly widowed Frank Fogle embarks on a journey to Ireland to scatter his late wife’s ashes. His estranged son, Sean, recently released from prison, agrees to join only when his father promises that they’ll never see each other again following the trip. After revelations surface about an old flame of Frank’s wife and a charming hitchhiker with plans of her own intervenes, father and son find themselves drawn together in unexpected ways.
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- Louisa Moore - Screen Zealotson TMDB · Aug 20209/10
The recently widowed Frank (John Hawkes) embarks on a journey at the request of his dying wife in “End of Sentence,” a beautifully moving film from director Elfar Adalsteins. Shortly before succumbing to cancer, Anna’s (Andrea Irvine) last wish is to have her husband and currently incarcerated son Sean (Logan Lerman) travel together to a remote lake in her native Ireland and spread her ashes in the water. Frank and Sean have been estranged for some time, and it’s clear that as soon as Sean is released from prison, he wants nothing to do with his father. After promising his son that he will never have to see him ever again if he comes on the trip, Frank convinces Sean to reluctantly hop on a plane, ready to hit the road through the Irish countryside to deliver Anna to her final resting place. It’s not a wholly original story on the surface, but taking an American road trip and setting it in a foreign country adds a fresh element. Screenwriter Michael Armbruster keeps things interesting, especially when you’re certain that you’ve predicted which way the film will turn. There are plenty of surprises, sadness, and humor along the way. Like when the two meet some of Anna’s relatives at
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Cast
- John HawkesFrank Fogle
- Logan LermanSean Fogle
- Sarah BolgerJewel
- Andrea IrvineAnna Fogle
- Ólafur Darri ÓlafssonStone
- Denis ConwayFather Tobin
- Lalor RoddyMurphy
- David Grant WrightMr. Modine
- Sean MahonAndrew
- Mary McEvoyBrigid
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- Elfar AdalsteinsDirector
- Michael ArmbrusterWriter
- Karl OskarssonDirector of Photography
- Petur Thor BenediktssonOriginal Music Composer
- Kristján LoðmfjörðEditor
- Elfar AdalsteinsProducer
- Sigurjón SighvatssonProducer
- Gudrun Edda ThorhanesdottirProducer
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