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Lily Trevino unexpectedly befriends an online stranger who shares her self-centered father’s name. This new Bob Trevino’s support could transform her life.


When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet alongside his estranged teenage daughter, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.

Keith Kupferer
Dan Mueller

Katherine Mallen Kupferer
Daisy

Tara Mallen
Sharon

Dolly de Leon
Rita

Hanna Dworkin
Lanora

Tommy Rivera-Vega
Lucian

Alma Washington
Moira

Dexter Zollicoffer
Greg

H.B. Ward
Jonah

Matthew C. Yee
Mikey
Ghostlight is a comedy, drama film released in 2024 exploring themes of therapy, construction worker, father daughter relationship, theatre, grieving family, depressing. Directed by Alex Thompson, it stars Keith Kupferer, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Tara Mallen. When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet alongside his estranged teenage daughter, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.
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