Miami International Film Festival 2010

East Coast Premiere.

A paean to excuses and responsibilities; to growing up and becoming an adult while staying forever young-at-heart; to fatherhood and self-created experiences; and to making two weeks truly last six months, Joshua and Benny Safdie’s new collaboration is a realistic fairytale about a divorced dad who never gets enough time with his boys. Capturing the magic of parenthood and invoking memories of an inventive father who made their own childhood distinctive, the brothers give us Lenny (played perfectly by actor Ronald Bronstein), who struggles with being a good parent to his two boys, Sage and Frey. Divorced and alone, he cherishes the days with his kids and tries very hard to make the most of time with them. When the going gets tough every now and then, Lenny uses some unusual, unconventional, perhaps even hazardous, techniques to protect his children from the world.