Unabletofindinspirationforhisnewestpiece,youngauthorLiam(DarylMcCormack)takesonthetitanicweightoftutoringthesonoflegendarywriterJ.M.Sinclair(RichardE.Grant)andhiswifeHélèneSinclair(JulieDelpy).Reelingfromthemysteriouspassingoftheireldestson,theSinclairspushLiamtoworkharderandinvitehimtostayontheestategroundswiththem.Soonenough,liesbigandsmallunfurlasawell-intentionedexercisequicklytransformsintoasagaoflust,betrayal,jealousy,andthequestforlegacy-definingrelevance. Abattleofwitsbeginswitheveryonecarryingmuchtolose. Delpy,Grant,andMcCormackallmaketriumphantreturnstoTribecainadramabubblingwithexplorationsofauthorshipandtheinextricablelinkbetweenfamily,nomatterhowbroken.Thrillinganddarklycomedic,theprojectquestionstheefficacyandsourethicaldynamicswhichmayarisefrommentorshipandthetenuoushopesanddreamsmanywraparoundthatveryconcept.
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