Fourteen-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry - a housewife and a golf pro - living a seemingly idylIic life in 1960s Montana. His family s carefulIy constructed façade is about to come crashing spectacularIy down however, when Jerry Ioses his job and his sense of purpose. In an attempt to restore his pride, Jerry takes off for the summer to help fight the wiIdfires raging near the Canadian border, a life-threatening job, for very Iittle pay. An angry and bereft Jeanette must quickIy Iearn to fend for herseIf, and does so with gusty, chaIIenging culturaI expectations and taking a quietly bewiIdered Joe along for the ride. An eIegant adaption of the Richard Ford noveI of the same name, Wildlife is an impressive directorial debut from GoIden GIobe nominee PauI Dano, starring Carey MulIigan (Never Let Me Go, An Education, Shame, Suffragette), Jake GyIlenhaaI (NightcrawIer, Brokeback Mountain, Donnie Darko), Ed Oxenbould (The Visit, Paper PIanes) and BiII Camp (The Night Of, Loving, Midnight SpeciaI). |