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John, a struggling working class father, has a child named Chris with his schizophrenic wife, Mary. Mary tries to connect with Chris through painting a lighthouse on a beach, a special memory of hers of a time when she once bonded with Chris.

Eventually Mary stops taking her medication and consequently hurts Chris due to excessive paranoia. Mary is then hospitalized for the rest of the film. The family slowly falls apart even more from there: John and Chris perpetually argue, and John loses his job after working for fifteen years. They try to patch their family back together in a rather offbeat and unique way by building a sailboat in their backyard, that even the mother is able to eventually enjoy.


Additional Facts:

- Greco won the Distinguished Award of Merit for Best Director and the People's Choice Award at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (2006); he also won the Director’s Choice Award for Best Feature Film at the Sedona International Film Festival (2007)

- Won the Audience Awards for Best Feature and Best Narrative Feature Film at the Nantucket and Sarasota Film Festivals (2007)

- Joe Pantoliano won the People's Choice Award for Best Dramatic Performance at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (2006)

- Devon Gearhart nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film of a Supporting Young Actor in a Fantasy or Drama (2008)

- Shot in Greco’s hometown

- Storyline inspired by Greco’s own childhood