Canvas

Feature Film

USA, 101 Minutes

Directed By: Joseph Greco

Summary:

Mental illness stretches a loving family to the breaking point in this independent drama. John Marino is a construction worker who is struggling to hold his family together under difficult circumstances – his wife, Mary, has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. While Joe tries to explain Mary’s disease to their son, Chris, her actions have turned her into an increasingly frightening and embarrassing stranger to him. After a violent incident results in a call from the police, Mary enters a mental hospital. Joe begins to buckle under the pressure of his circumstances and quits his job to devote all his time to build a sailboat, a project that reminds him of better days for Mary and himself.

Staring Joe Pantoliano, Marcia Gay Harden, Devon Gearhart and Sophia Bairley.