Seen on 25-9-2009 - HBO movie
Cast: Ryan Reynolds (of "Definitely, Maybe" fame) (Michael), Julia Roberts (Lisa, the mother), Willem Dafoe (Charles, the father), Emily Watson (Jane, aunt),
Dir.: Dennis Lee
The title of the movie is said to be from Robert Frost's poem.
This is about a young boy who has grown up with discord in the family, loving mother, violent and hostile father and an aunt (mother's sister) about his age. Through all these experiences emerges bonds and hatred turns into love.
The boy Michael grows to become a writer and he puts in his first book his hostilities with a violent father, his love for an unhappy mother who could not often defend him against the father and all those unpleasant episodes that haunted him through his life. When the mother unexpectedly dies in a car accident, the tragedy causes grief and underneath his lifelong grudge against his father he discovers love. He burns the ms of the book in which he put the bitterness of his life.
IMDB summary:
"The semi-autobiographical story centers on the complexities of love and commitment in a family torn apart when faced by an unexpected tragedy."
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