: After 15-year-old Pearl’s mother is murdered by her stepfather, she is sent to live with Jack Wolf, a cynical, alcoholic, and unemployed film director who might be her biological father. The story follows their tentative attempts to bond as they await the results of a paternity test. Key Cast : Larsen Thompson as Pearl (in her feature debut). Anthony LaPaglia as Jack Wolf. Sarah Carter as Helen.
If you were thinking of the critically acclaimed A24 film starring , that movie was released in 2022 . Pearl Review: Movie (2020) - The Hollywood Reporter
Directed by Bobby Roth, this is a low-budget independent drama ($600,000 estimated) about familial redemption and grief.