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PhiloWhen a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet alongside his estranged teenage daughter, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.
June 13, 2024. 16 min read. Alex Thompson and Kelly O’Sullivan have made one of the most moving films in years in “Ghostlight,” opening this weekend in limited release before going wider later this month. A tender and compassionate look at loss and creative expression, the film stars Chicago theatre actor Keith Kupferer as Dan, a family man who has been permanently altered by the loss of his son to suicide.
Release Date. January 18, 2024 (Sundance), June 14, 2024 (United States). Rating.Between Saint Frances and Ghostlight, O’Sullivan and Thompson are now filmmakers I intend to keep following. Neither film is necessarily hard-hitting. Both are comedy dramas, but their character writing and humanity are infectious. The humanity and tension that this creative pairing can find in otherwise frustrating and reprehensible characters is a testament that they are filmmakers on the cusp of greatness.
