Fathers and Daughters

Fathers and Daughters

He wrote to her, about her, and for her.

2015116 min7.1 / 10

A tender, melancholic family drama about grief, mental illness, and the long shadow a parent's struggles cast on their child's ability to love.

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.

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