Synopsis
After documentarian Ross McElwee gets married, a series of misfortunes follow: his grandmother dies, his wife miscarries, and then his father dies less than a week later. Shaken by the sudden string of deaths, McElwee becomes depressed. After spending time with his friend and former high school poetry teacher, Charlene, he goes to meet his brother, a doctor. In a series of interviews, McElwee contemplates his morbid preoccupation with death and tries to figure out how to shake it off.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Ross McElweeDirector
- Ross McElweeWriter
Cast
- Steve AscherHimself
- Michael BlumenthalHimself
- Robert GardnerHimself
- Natalie HawleyHerself
- Ross McElweeHimself
- Charleen SwanseaHerself
- Marilyn LevineHerself
- Dede McElweeHerself
- Adrian McElweeHimself
- John McElweeHimself
- Ross McElwee Jr.Himself
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Themes
marriagebiography