Starring: Anthony Hopkins (Adam), Laura Linney, etc. Dir. : James Ivory (of Merchant-Ivory fame)
An Iranian-American graduate student named Omar travels to Uruguay at his semi-pushy girlfriend Deirdre's behest after the surviving family of a deceased writer fails to grant him approval of a biography he hopes to pen. If Omar cannot get their approval he will likely lose his job and his funding to continue his education. Soon after Omar arrives at the deceased writer's estate he is invited to temporarily stay there among the late writers' widow (Laura Linney), mistress and illegitimate daughter, plus his brother Adam ( Anthony Hopkins) and his Japanese partner/ handyman.
The writer's extended family are worthy of a book themselves. Definitely an independent film, but well worth seeing.
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