Overview
After documentarian Ross McElwee gets married, a series of misfortunes follow: his grandmother dies, his wife miscarries, and then his father dies less than a week later. Shaken by the sudden string of deaths, McElwee becomes depressed. After spending time with his friend and former high school poetry teacher, Charlene, he goes to meet his brother, a doctor. In a series of interviews, McElwee contemplates his morbid preoccupation with death and tries to figure out how to shake it off.
Cast
- Steve Ascher as Himself
- Michael Blumenthal as Himself
- Robert Gardner as Himself
- Natalie Hawley as Herself
- Ross McElwee as Himself
- Charleen Swansea as Herself
- Marilyn Levine as Herself
- Dede McElwee as Herself
- Adrian McElwee as Himself
- John McElwee as Himself