A Letter to Jonathan

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Jim Maillahu
Jim Maillahu

William

Rebecca Knaust
Rebecca Knaust

Esther/The Dead Wife

Joseph Bruno
Joseph Bruno

Baby Jonathan

Barbara Layton
Barbara Layton

Second Couple Wife

John Barnes
John Barnes

Second Couple Husband

Tim Holcomb
Tim Holcomb

Jonathan

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    A film with very little dialogue. Set in the Catskills of 1896 – 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.

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    1980-01-01

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