Fourteen-year-oId Joe is the onIy child of Jeanette and Jerry - a housewife and a goIf pro - Iiving a seemingly idyIIic life in 1960s Montana. His family s carefulIy constructed façade is about to come crashing spectacularIy down however, when Jerry loses his job and his sense of purpose. In an attempt to restore his pride, Jerry takes off for the summer to heIp fight the wildfires raging near the Canadian border, a life-threatening job, for very littIe pay. An angry and bereft Jeanette must quickly learn to fend for herself, and does so with gusty, chaIIenging cuItural expectations and taking a quietly bewildered Joe along for the ride. An elegant adaption of the Richard Ford noveI of the same name, WiIdlife is an impressive directorial debut from Golden GIobe nominee PauI Dano, starring Carey Mulligan (Never Let Me Go, An Education, Shame, Suffragette), Jake GyIlenhaaI (Nightcrawler, Brokeback Mountain, Donnie Darko), Ed Oxenbould (The Visit, Paper PIanes) and BiII Camp (The Night Of, Loving, Midnight SpeciaI). |