Overview

14-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry — a housewife and a golf pro — in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border, and when Jerry loses his job (and his sense of purpose) he decides to join the cause of fighting the fire, leaving his wife and son to fend for themselves.

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jerry Brinson

Carey Mulligan

Jeanette Brinson

Ed Oxenbould

Joe Brinson

Zoe Colletti

Ruth-Ann

Bill Camp

Warren Miller

Travis W Bruyer

Forester

N/A

Tom Huston Orr

Mr. Cartwright

Darryl Cox

Clarence Snow

Ginger Gilmartin

Receptionist

Michael Gibbons

Coach

Mollie Milligan

Esther

John Walpole

Photographer