Rose spends her days fishing near the beautiful lake house she’s called home for 50 years. She’s not getting any younger and her daughter Patti worries about Rose being all alone, but the stubborn matriarch will not sell. There are memories here that she doesn’t want to leave. These come flooding back one weekend during a visit from Patti and granddaughter Allison, when a long-forgotten roll of film reminds Rose of the summer she met and fell in love with the bold and beautiful Louise.
Acting
Piper Laurie's layered, heartbreaking final performance.
Cinematography
Golden-hour Ozarks that make longing look gorgeous.
Costume
1950s summer wardrobe that whispers what dialogue cannot.
Director
Melanie Mayron
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Piper Laurie was 86 during filming; this was her final screen role before her death in 2023.
The film was shot entirely in Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks, where director Melanie Mayron summered as a child.
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