A Letter to Jonathan

A Letter to Jonathan

1980
12min

A film with very little dialogue. Set in the Catskills of 1896 โ€“ 1916, a farmer buries his deceased wife atop a nearby mountain, then makes the difficult decision to give up his newborn son, Jonathan. Later in 1916, Jonathan returns to confront his past. The only real dialogue is a voice over of the father reading a letter he wrote to his son explaining himself.

A Letter to Jonathan

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A film with very little dialogue. Set in the Catskills of 1896 โ€“ 1916, a farmer buries his deceased wife atop a nearby mountain, then makes the difficult decision to give up his newborn son, Jonathan. Later in 1916, Jonathan returns to confront his past. The only real dialogue is a voice over of the father reading a letter he wrote to his son explaining himself.
    Released
    January 1980
    Runtime
    12min
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    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    English
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