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A melancholic drama about emotional recovery and family bonds set against the rugged beauty of Newfoundland, where a broken man and his daughter find healing through connection and rootedness.
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
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