Empyrean (2013)
When her father is suddenly diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer, Sadie returns home to help her family care for him while struggling to accept the chaos within his mind, her family and herself.
Top billed cast
- Sophia SavageSadie
Sonny KingJim
Suzanne FordJane- Tyler DawsonTucker
- Lindsay Lucas-BartlettJoy
- Carolyn ChrissTucker's Mother (archive footage)
Jimmy HazelwoodSam
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