“What do you say when everything has been left unsaid?”
Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During this intensely condensed period, a lifetime of drama plays out. Robert (Jenkins) fights a zero sum game to reclaim all that his illness stole from his family. A debate rages on patients’ rights and what it truly means to be free. Jonathan reconciles with his father, reconnects with his mother (Archer), sister (Brown-Findlay), and his love (Adams) and reclaims his voice through two unlikely catalysts – a young, wise-beyond-her-years patient (Barden) and a no-nonsense nurse (Hudson). Through this intensely life affirming prism, an unexpected and powerful journey of love, laughter, and forgiveness unfolds.
Garrett Hedlund
Jonathan
Richard Jenkins
Robert
Anne Archer
Rachel
Jessica Brown Findlay
Karen
Amy Adams
Emily
Jessica Barden
Meredith
Terrence Howard
Dr. Crier
Jennifer Hudson
Nurse Carrie
Philip Hoffman
Uncle Percy
Sterling Jerins
Young Karen
Lullaby is a drama film released in 2014 exploring themes of new york city, terminal illness, cancer, estranged family member. Directed by Andrew Levitas, it stars Garrett Hedlund, Richard Jenkins, Anne Archer. Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During this intensely condensed period, a lifetime of drama plays out. Robert (Jenkins) fights a zero sum game to reclaim all that his illness stole from his family. A debate rages on patients’ rights and what it truly means to be free. Jonathan reconciles with his father, reconnects with his mother (Archer), sister (Brown-Findlay), and his love (Adams) and reclaims his voice through two unlikely catalysts – a young, wise-beyond-her-years patient (Barden) and a no-nonsense nurse (Hudson). Through this intensely life affirming prism, an unexpected and powerful journey of love, laughter, and forgiveness unfolds.
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