Separation(2021)

Open Road Films

R
1h 47m

Release Date: Apr 30, 2021 | Wide

A young girl finds solace in her artist father and the ghost of her dead mother.

Releases

Original Release | Apr 30, 2021

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$1,800,162
Total US & Canada:
$4,509,143
Total Worldwide:
$4,509,143

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Director & Top Cast

William Brent Bell
Director

Peter Stebbings
Jack

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Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Plot Summary

An idiotic illustrator named Jeff Vahn who lacks the proper attention and parenting skills is forced into divorce by the mother of his beautiful but temperamental daughter Jenny. His ex wife Maggie clearly has a hatred and resentment toward her husband for his narcissistic stupidity after Jenny falls from the attic board and ends up in the hospital. She makes it her mission to divorce him and not allow Jenny to be around him until he gets his life in order all despite the fact Maggie is disconnected from her daughter. Jeff reminiscing about his earlier times of marriage and fatherhood is in need of re-evaluation of his life.Distraught at the possibility of loosing the divorce case and failing at his career he considers signing on to his wife agreement though on the phone Maggie is distracted by their argument and is fatally run over. Much time later the funeral is disastrous as Jeff's Father-in-Law Paul Rivers makes a scene at the funeral and Jenny has not comprehended her new circumstances. As Jeff gives a thoughtless eulogy, an unwanted portrait he placed lights on fire melting only the painted face of Jeff (this portrait was well hated by Maggie).Through the days spirits lurk the house giving Jeff nightmares, Jenny remains distant from Her dad as Paul prepares to sue Jeff for custody. Jenny reverts to state of depression and acts in a strange manner. In hopes of getting employment Jeff reaches out to an old friend for a smaller job opportunity. In a trance Jeff draws a peculiar figure that unknown him is watching over his daughter.

Storyline

Eight-year-old Jenny (Violet McGraw) is constantly caught in the middle of the feuding between her lawyer mother Maggie (Mamie Gummer) and artist father Jeff (Rupert Friend). She leads a lonely but imaginative life, surrounded by puppets called "Grisly Kin," which are based on the works of her father. When Maggie is tragically killed in a hit-and-run, Jeff and Jenny try to piece together a new life. But when Maggie's father (Brian Cox) sues for custody, and babysitter Samantha (Madeline Brewer) tries to be the new woman of the house, life in their Brooklyn town home takes a dark turn. The puppets and frightening characters come to life and Jenny is the only person who can see them. When the motives of the ghoulish creatures become clear, the lives of everyone are put very much in jeopardy.