Family Film Series presents ‘a fish story’ at The Ridgefield Playhouse on October 17

 

                     On Friday, October 17^th, at 7:30 p.m., The Ridgefield Playhouse Film Society “Family Film Series” presents ‘a fish story’, an award-winning, uplifting, feel good feature film with a moral compass. It’s all about letting go and carries an uplifting message. ‘a fish story’ is a based on a true story about the Canadian family of actor/writer/ producer Sam Robertsand the death of his father. Screenwriter Roberts set out to make a movie to honor his father and in the process reveals truths about hope, love, guilt, faith and redemption. This event is sponsored by The Ridgefield Press.

                    “It’s not a religious film,” he says, “but a spiritual one without any gratuitous sex, violence, blood, nudity, or language – a rarity in terms of today’s movie standards.” The logline of ‘a fish story’ says it simply: “After his sudden

death, a devoted father’s search for heaven brings him back to his distraught family and his wilderness fishing camp for a few precious days in the body of a wanted man.” Actor Sam Roberts co-stars with an excellent ensemble cast of noted Canadian and American character actors including Patrick Collins, Eddie McClintock, Jayne Heitmeyer, Jaime Spilchuk, Steven Yaffee, Jordyn Negri, Angela Asher, Carl Marotte, E.J. Carroll and Timothy Webber.

                   “Making ‘a fish story’ was my catharsis,” Roberts says. “But I have come to realize, it has also become a story for everyone who has lost a loved one. In some magical and beautiful way, this film lifts you up, it gives you hope, and it inspires you to heal.” A portion of the evening’s proceeds raised from the screening of ‘a fish story’ will be donated to “Healing Hearts Center For Grieving Children 
& Families” located in Danbury, Connecticut. Ira Joe Fisher and Morton Dean, Emmy-award winning television journalists, will host the evening and post-screening Q&A session with Canadian born actor Sam Roberts who lives in Bedford, NY, film producer Gianna Palminteri and actor Patrick Collins, a resident of Katonah, NY.

                             For tickets ($10 adults, $7.50 seniors, and $5 students) visit ridgefieldplayhouse.org, or call the box office at (203) 438-5795. The Ridgefield Playhouse is a not-for-profit performing arts center located at 80 East Ridge, parallel to Main Street, Ridgefield, CT.