Taglines: Is the nest half-empty or half-full?.
Relative movie storyline. Karen (Wendy Robie) and David Frank (Francis Guinan) are a sixtysomething couple living in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago and wondering if the retirement phase of their lives will ever begin. Their youngest child Benji (Cameron Scott Roberts)—affectionately referred to as “the mistake”—is about to graduate college and begin a job as a digital cartographer for Google.
The Franks’ elder son Rod (Keith D. Gallagher) is an unemployed 34-year-old who moved back in with the parents after his wife Sarah (Heather Chrisler), a webcam performer at a sex site, divorced him and took custody of their young boy. Tensions mount when the family throws a graduation party for Benji, which only amplifies Rod’s feelings of failure and David’s resentment of him for becoming a dependent again.
Their daughter Evonne (Clare Cooney) comes into town from Wisconsin with her girlfriend Lucia (Melissa DuPrey), a Black woman, and their mixed-race daughter Emma (Arielle Gonzalez). They’re joined by another sister, Norma (Emily Lape), who talks openly to her parents about her perception that the family is disintegrating. They’ve talked to each other about selling the house but haven’t brought it up to the rest of the family.
Relative is a 2022 American drama/comedy feature film written and directed by Michael Glover Smith. The film is about a family reunion centered on a college graduation party in Chicago. It premiered at the 2022 Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa, Florida where actor Cameron Scott Roberts won the Grand Jury award for Best Performance.
Relative (2022)
Directed by: Michael Glover Smith
Starring: Wendy Robie, Francis Guinan, Cameron Scott Roberts, Clare Cooney, Keith D. Gallagher, Emily Lape. Melissa DuPrey, Elizabeth Stam, Salome Chasnoff, Heather Chrisler, Araceli De Anda
Screenplay by: Michael Glover Smith
Production Design by: Stephanie MacDonald
Cinematography by: Olivia Aquilina
Film Editing by: Eric Marsh
Costume Design by: Armani Barron
Music by: Cait Rappel
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Newcity
Release Date: June 8, 2022
Views: 35
