"Ghostlight" is one of the best films of the year and I'm sure you don't know anyone in it. Keith Kupferer (have you heard of him?) plays Dan - a construction worker, a father, a husband, and a man with a very short fuse. After Dan has a physical altercation with a driver at his construction site, a woman named Rita (Dolly De Leon - who you might know from "Triangle of Sadness") invites Dan to join her community theatre group. The group is putting on Romeo & Juliet. Dan is a man who is grieving, who is angry, who needs to find a release for his pain. As it turns out, this theatre troupe is exactly what Dan needs. Dan's family is also struggling and both his wife and daughter begin to suspect that he is having an affair; turns out he is just sneaking off to rehearsals. It's an emotional film, and like any Shakespeare, even tragedies, there are some comedic bits along the way. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Kupferer or De Leon were nominated, come award season, for some prizes. Maybe even Katherine Mallen Kupferer who plays Dan's daughter. If you are looking for an intelligent film in a summer of blockbuster stupidity, this is your next movie. Catch it in theatres now.
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