A Letter to Jonathan (1980)
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.
- Date of release
- 1980-01-01
- Runtime
- 12m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- John Cline
Casting
- Jim Maillahu — William
- Rebecca Knaust — Esther/The Dead Wife
- Joseph Bruno — Baby Jonathan
- Barbara Layton — Second Couple Wife
- John Barnes — Second Couple Husband
- Tim Holcomb — Jonathan
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