A Letter to Jonathan

Jan 1, 1980

0h 12m

★ 0.0

Overview

A film with very little dialogue. Set in the Catskills of 1896 – 1916, a farmer buries his deceased wife atop a nearby mountain, then makes the difficult decision to give up his newborn son, Jonathan. Later in 1916, Jonathan returns to confront his past. The only real dialogue is a voice over of the father reading a letter he wrote to his son explaining himself.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

William

Jim Maillahu

Esther/The Dead Wife

Rebecca Knaust

Baby Jonathan

Joseph Bruno

Second Couple Wife

Barbara Layton

Second Couple Husband

John Barnes

Jonathan

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