GHOSTLIGHT

Synopsis

When melancholic construction worker Dan finds himself drifting from his wife and daughter, he discovers community and purpose in a local theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet. As the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life, he and his family are forced to confront their own emotions, relationships, and deal with a difficult loss.

Filmed throughout autumnal Chicago, Ghostlight elicits a huge emotional response as a deeply moving and superbly acted meditation on grief.

“A film about the world-changing power of artistic communion, about how creativity, compassion, and forgiveness — of oneself and others — are all pit stops on the same human journey.”
— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture