“Sometimes a wrong turn can get you to the right place.”
Newly widowed Frank Fogle embarks on a journey to Ireland to scatter his late wife’s ashes. His estranged son, Sean, recently released from prison, agrees to join only when his father promises that they’ll never see each other again following the trip. After revelations surface about an old flame of Frank’s wife and a charming hitchhiker with plans of her own intervenes, father and son find themselves drawn together in unexpected ways.
John Hawkes
Frank Fogle
Logan Lerman
Sean Fogle
Sarah Bolger
Jewel
Andrea Irvine
Anna Fogle
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Stone
Denis Conway
Father Tobin
Lalor Roddy
Murphy
David Grant Wright
Mr. Modine
Sean Mahon
Andrew
Mary McEvoy
Brigid
End of Sentence is a drama, adventure film released in 2019. Directed by Elfar Adalsteins, it stars John Hawkes, Logan Lerman, Sarah Bolger. Newly widowed Frank Fogle embarks on a journey to Ireland to scatter his late wife’s ashes. His estranged son, Sean, recently released from prison, agrees to join only when his father promises that they’ll never see each other again following the trip. After revelations surface about an old flame of Frank’s wife and a charming hitchhiker with plans of her own intervenes, father and son find themselves drawn together in unexpected ways.
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