After documentarian Ross McElwee gets married, a series of misfortunes follow: his grandmother dies, his wife miscarries, and then his father dies less than a week later. Shaken by the sudden string of deaths, McElwee becomes depressed. After spending time with his friend and former high school poetry teacher, Charlene, he goes to meet his brother, a doctor. In a series of interviews, McElwee contemplates his morbid preoccupation with death and tries to figure out how to shake it off.
Steve Ascher
as Himself
Michael Blumenthal
as Himself
Robert Gardner
as Himself
Natalie Hawley
as Herself
Ross McElwee
as Himself
Charleen Swansea
as Herself
Marilyn Levine
as Herself
Dede McElwee
as Herself
Adrian McElwee
as Himself
John McElwee
as Himself
Ross McElwee Jr.
as Himself
