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.
Jake Gyllenhaal
as Jerry Brinson
Carey Mulligan
as Jeanette Brinson
Ed Oxenbould
as Joe Brinson
Zoe Colletti
as Ruth-Ann
Bill Camp
as Warren Miller
Travis W Bruyer
as Forester
Tom Huston Orr
as Mr. Cartwright
Darryl Cox
as Clarence Snow
Ginger Gilmartin
as Receptionist
Michael Gibbons
as Coach
Mollie Milligan
as Esther
John Walpole
as Photographer
