'A Fish Story' (2013)

Director
Matt Birman

Main cast
Eddie McClintock; Jayne Heitmeyer; Sam Roberts; Jamie Spilchuk; Steven Yaffee

Genres
Drama, Family

Description
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.


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