A writer struggles with her daughter's decision to drop out of college and live on the streets.
Acting
Catherine Keener's face does three movies' worth of emotional labor.
Writing
Adapts Carol Shields with zero easy answers—infuriating and honest.
Director
Alan Gilsenan
Catherine Keener
Reta
Matt Craven
Tom
Hannah Gross
Norah
Chloe Rose
Christine
Hanna Schygulla
Danielle
August Winter
Natalie
Brendan Coyle
Martha Henry
Lois
Linda Kash
Tessa
Yanna McIntosh
Cery
Dewshane Williams
Ben
Kathryn Greenwood
Willow Halliday
Olivia Scriven
Tracy Halliday
Benjamin Ayres
Arthur Springer
David Richmond-Peck
Detective
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shields' novel was her final work before death; the film carries that valedictory weight, especially in Hanna Schygulla's brief but loaded presence.
The Toronto street scenes were shot during an actual cold snap—Hannah Gross's shivering is Method acting via Canadian weather.
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