简介：Amidstahazeofcigarettesmokeanduneatenfood,thefamilyofEndaDoyle(McDowell)gathersinDublinforhiswake.Auniversitylibrarian,poetandrascal,hehasleftbehindatrailofunresolvedissues,adysfunctionalfamily,andadisturbingmystery.Enda'sdazedwidow,Moya(OliviaTracey),anxiouslypreparesforthenextday'sfuneralwithherstillstuck-at-home,twenty-somethingdaughterMedbh(HeatherJuergensen)lendingalovinghand.Moya'sdesperationtokeepherfamilytogetherandMedbh'ssharptongueprovidethebackdropforthearrivalofheadstrongoldersisterCatherine(SusanLynch)fromNewYorkwithherhandsomebutawkwardboyfriendTom(GregEllis)intow.TheydoubtthatLondon-basedJohnny(MaxBeesley),theangryblacksheepbrotherofthefamily,willevenappearatall.SortingthroughboxesofEnda'sbooks,thewomendiscoveracacheofself-recordedvideodiariesthatmightshedlightonwhoEndaDoylereallywasandsomeofthesecretsthathewasneverabletosharewiththem.Atthefuneral,thedaughtersseeadistraughtyoungwomanfromtheuniversity(CatherineFarrell)whowasrumoredtobehavinganaffairwithEnda.They'restunnedthatshewouldshowupsobrazenlyatafamilygatheringforthedeceasedEnda.Returninghome,theyfindJohnnyemergingfromtheshowerafteranimpromptutryst.Abrilliantbutemotionallywoundedslacker,Johnnybringstheclantotheedgeofviolencewithhisbitingandsarcasticrecallofthefamily'slongburiedmemories.Hisconfrontationalbehaviorandbitterrecollectionoflifewiththeirfatherinciteallofthemintowhatcanonlybecalleduncheckedfamilytherapy.Throughouttheensuingarguments,whichreachafeveredpitchasthefamilybecomesinebriatedwaitingforgueststoarriveforthewake,EndaDoyleisfurtherrevealedasthepowerfulandambiguousforcethathewas.Finally,CatherinecannotcontainherselfandaccusesMoyaofbeingblindtoherhusband'sinfidelityand,byextension,inflictinggreatpainonherselfandherchildren.Inasurprisingtwist,Enda'sownvideotapesgivethefamilytheanswerstheyreturnedhometofind.Enda,thepoet,couldnotexpresshisfeelingsforhisfamilyinwords,yetunfailinglybroughtMoyaadozenredroseswiththepetrolhepurchasedforhislawnmowereverySaturday.Thismixturerepresentsboththefireandromancethatmadeuphischaracter.…