The Favor

Character actor Frank Wood moves front and center to deliver a beautiful lead performance in Eva S. Aridjis's quiet drama about a lonely, middle-aged pet photographer who impulsively takes in the troubled son of his first -- and only -- great love.

Once upon a time, Lawrence and Caroline were one of the countless high-school couples who swore that even though they were attending different colleges in the fall, nothing between them would ever change. Twenty-five years later, Lawrence (Wood) is still living in Bayonne, NJ, working as a pet photographer and clerking at the local police department where he also takes mug shots. Lawrence never did marry Caroline...