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Plot

Jesse Peretz made his directorial debut with this intimate romantic drama adapted from a short story by Ian McEwan, switching McEwan's setting from an industrial English seaside town to the Louisiana bayou. Joey (Giovanni Ribisi) and Sissel (Natasha Gregson Wagner) live in a drab house on stilts, along with Sissel's lonely younger brother Adrian (Eli Marienthal). After Sissel introduces Joey to her father, Vietnam-vet Henry (Robert John Burke), the two men form a business catching eels. However, mistrust, anxieties, and arguments threaten the love Joey and Sissel share, and they begin to drift apart. Shown at the 1997 Toronto Film Festival.
MPAA Rating:
R for strong sexuality, and for language.
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
101min.
Theatrical Release Date:
08/07/1998
Distributor(s):
Strand
Director(s):
Jesse Peretz
Starring:
Margaret Rutherford , Natasha Gregson Wagner , Robert Morley , Giovanni Ribisi , Flora Robson
Themes:
Fathers and Daughters,Sibling Relationships
Tone:
Intimate,Tense
Keywords:
brother,eel,father,lover,relationship
Country of Origin:
USA (09-11-1998)