The Ballad of Jack and Rose 2005

Selfhood begins with a walking away, and love is proved in the letting go.

6.1 / 10   146 vote(s)
R
Drama

Jack Slavin is an environmentalist with a heart condition who lives with his daughter, Rose, on an isolated island. While Jack fights against developers who wish to build in the area, he also craves more contact with other people. When he invites his girlfriend, Kathleen, and her sons, Rodney and Thaddius, to move in, Rose is upset. The complicated family dynamics makes things difficult for everyone in the house.

Release Date 2005-02-25
Runtime 1h 51m
Directors Rebecca Miller, Erik Burge, John M. Tyson, Ellen Kuras
Producers Lemore Syvan, Caroline Kaplan, Jonathan Sehring, Graham King, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ethan Smith, Jenny Schweitzer, Brian Bell, Melissa Marr
Writer Rebecca Miller