In a moment of despair, Duncan loads the shotgun and gives it to Ron, but he is not able to position the gun so that he can pull the trigger with his toe. He asks Duncan to buy him some shells for his shotgun. This hurts Duncan, but he is still not ready to leave. Kate announces that she has chosen to move to San Diego. Kate too suggests that Duncan move on with his life. He tells Kate that Duncan needs someone who can push him to action. Ron nudges him to do something with his life. He is not able to free himself from his fears of the past and his sorrow of his father's death.

Meanwhile, Duncan takes care of Ron and helps out Ron in coping with his condition.ĭuncan does not want to leave the town he grew up in. There he meets Kate and the two quickly fall in love. In order to be close to his grandparents, Duncan finds a job as a handyman at the building where they are staying. Kate is the home assistant of Ron and Ruth. Ron is fast deteriorating with Alzheimer's disease. Ron claims that he has seen the Northern Lights aka Aurora Borealis from the balcony. The film is set in Minneapolis, Minnesota.ĭuncan's grandparents, Ronald and Ruth move into an apartment with a very nice view. The film had its world premiere at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival.Duncan is an unemployed youth, trying to cope with the death of his father ten years ago. Was directed by from an original screenplay by Brent Boyd. Meanwhile, with his health deteriorating, Ronald begins to think of ending his life, and turns to his grandson for help. As Duncan reconnects with his grandparents and grows more intimate with Kate, he begins to deal with his grief over the sudden death of his father. She's anxious to get out and explore the world, while Duncan seems immobilized. Unlike Duncan, who has never left Minneapolis, Kate has never stayed in any one place for too long. Kate is 'one of those people,' as Duncan puts it, who moved to Minneapolis because of. He also has occasion to see Kate, and the two cautiously begin a romantic relationship. He begins to spend more time with his grandparents, hanging out with Ronald, who, among his many health problems, suffers from Parkinson's disease. Later, when Duncan learns that there's an opening for a handyman in the building, he takes the job. On a rare visit to his grandparents, Ronald and Ruth, Duncan meets Kate, Ronald's spirited home health-care worker. He has another source of income, letting his brother use his apartment for extramarital trysts. Tras la muerte de su padre, Duncan (Joshua Jackson) decide trasladarse cerca de sus abuelos Ronald (Donald Sutherland) y Ruth (Louise Fletcher).ĭuncan, a depressed twentysomething living in a rundown section of Minneapolis, has just lost another job.

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