There's a moment in everyone's life when childhood ends and adulthood begins. For Jon and Wendy Savage, that moment is now.
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
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Contemporary, classical in form, prestige and spare.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Laura LinneyWendy Savage
- Philip Seymour HoffmanJon Savage
- Philip BoscoLenny Savage
- Peter FriedmanLarry
- David ZayasEduardo
- Gbenga AkinnagbeJimmy
- Cara SeymourKasia
- Tonye PatanoMs. Robinson
- Guy BoydBill Lachman
- Debra MonkNancy Lachman
Crew
- Tamara JenkinsDirector
- Tamara JenkinsWriter
- W. Mott Hupfel IIIDirector of Photography
- Stephen TraskOriginal Music Composer
- Brian A. KatesEditor
- Ted HopeProducer
- Anne CareyProducer
- Erica WestheimerProducer
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