On Tuesday, Feb. 22, Spotlight Films will be presenting Oliver Sherman.
This debut feature of Ryan Redford is based on a short story by Rachel Ingalls.
Meet veteran Sherman Oliver (Garret Dillahunt), a man who feels lost and disconnected, has no family of his own and decides to head for the countryside in search of the soldier who saved him back in the war.
That man, Franklin Page (Donal Logue), has long since moved on to a wife (Molly Parker), two children, and a reliable job in a reliably safe and quiet rural town. Upon arriving, Sherman seems at first a harmless, if awkward, shell of a man.
But as he inserts himself further into the Pages’ life, he reveals himself as an angry, unstable individual, prone to great jealousy and deep resentment.
The stability Franklin worked so hard to establish is soon threatened and the violence he believed he’d left behind in the war begins to re-emerge and cloud over both the household and the town itself.
The writer and director of Oliver Sherman, Ryan Redford, will attend the Grand Forks release of his film. Mr. Redford will be accompanied by Ming-Jenn Lim, the co-ordinator for the Canadian initiative.
Oliver Sherman will be shown at the Gem Theatre Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. Organizers would like to thank our supporters and sponsors.