Ghostlight

In this moving ode to art-as-therapy in even the most unlikely and reluctant places, Chicago labourer Dan (a superb Keith Kupferer) is reeling from a tragedy. His inability to articulate his feelings and his flashes of rage are causing trouble at work and home (his wife and daughter are played by Kupferer’s real life family). One day, he stumbles into a local theatre, and before long he’s playing Romeo – despite not even knowing the plot. Unexpectedly, this most lamentable and low-budget production provides him an emotional outlet he’s never had. Dolly De Leon steals scenes as the cranky but kind veteran actor who plays Juliet. Disarmingly low-key and deeply moving, this lovely indie earned raves at Sundance. You’ll want to pack tissues.