
Fathers and Daughters(2015)
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.


“Two men with nothing in common... except the blood in their veins.”
Widower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working for a living. He takes a dim view of his sensitive son Howard's lackadaisical lifestyle and has a strained relationship with his daughter Nina as he does not approve of her husband. When Harry is fired from his job, his life changes drastically as he is made to focus on the relationships around him.

Paul Newman
Harry Keach

Robby Benson
Howard Keach

Ellen Barkin
Katie Wilowski

Wilford Brimley
Tom Keach

Judith Ivey
Sally

Ossie Davis
Raymond

Morgan Freeman
Siemanowski

Katherine Borowitz
Nina

Maury Chaykin
Lawrence

Joanne Woodward
Lilly
Harry & Son is a drama film released in 1984 exploring themes of pet shop, beer, writer, birth, widower. Directed by Paul Newman, it stars Paul Newman, Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin. Widower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working for a living. He takes a dim view of his sensitive son Howard's lackadaisical lifestyle and has a strained relationship with his daughter Nina as he does not approve of her husband. When Harry is fired from his job, his life changes drastically as he is made to focus on the relationships around him.
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