Dan is a construction worker struggling with depression. Dan’s daughter Daisy is acting out at school and the emotional distance between Dan and his wife Sharon is only growing. As Dan works a job on the street where a community theatre group is rehearsing a production of Romeo and Juliet, he is reluctantly pulled in as a member of the cast. Dan finds unexpected comfort and purpose in the play, despite the uncomfortable parallels between the story and his own family tragedy. The use of a real-life acting family (Keith Kupferer, Tara Mallen and Katherine Mallen Kupferer) in the roles of Dan, Sharon and Daisy plays beautifully. There’s a sense of believability and connection between them that is truly magical and adds to the theme of the thin wall between drama and reality.
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