Actor and filmmaker Tom McCarthy's second feature proves that his remarkable debut was no fluke: Like THE STATION AGENT (2003), it's a beautifully acted drama about unlikely friendships taking root under unusual circumstances.
Widowed economics professor Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) began withdrawing from the world when he lost his wife, a classical pianist. He teaches by rote, barely interacts with his students and isn't writing his new book; pretty much the only thing he is doing is studying piano, joylessly and in spite of his evident lack of aptitude. Forced to attend a conference in New York and present the paper he ostensibly cowrote with a pr...
Released:
2008
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
103 mins