Answers to Nothing (film)
Answers to Nothing is a 2011 drama mystery film written and directed by Matthew Leutwyler. The film stars Elizabeth Mitchell, Dane Cook, Julie Benz, and Barbara Hershey.
Against the backdrop of a child abduction case the film follows five days in the life of a variety of people living in Los Angeles. Kate Mitchell is a lawyer arguing in a custody battle on behalf of Drew Bailey who cares for her completely disabled brother. He was an accomplished marathoner. After celebrating his topfinish in the San Francisco marathon, the two had drinks to celebrate, and an accident in the car ride home caused the brothers disability. Her parents want their son put in a home, but Drews overwhelming guilt compels her to tend to her brother. She is training to run a marathon while pushing her brother in a wheelchair. After losing custody of her brother, she loses heart and drinks some whiskey the night before the race. During the race, memories of the accident overwhelm her, and she crashes her brothers wheelchair into a curb. Her fall dislocates her shoulder, but she decides to finish the race regardless of the fact that all the other runners have gone home.Kate is struggling to conceive with her husband Ryan Cook, who is a psychologist. Ryan is having an affair with a singer named Tara Volkman. At the same time, he struggles to convince his mother Hershey that his father is never returning from France, after nine years away. Ryan grows increasingly conflicted over his affair, and on Taras birthday, he is unable to climax with her. At a fertility clinic, Kate sees a romantic text message from Tara on Ryans phone right before she goes under anesthesia. Ryan struggles to produce a sperm sample in the clinic, and he has to call Tara to climax. Finally, when Tara is playing Club Tatou in Westlake, Ryan sits in the parking lot, unsure of what to do. He drives home and calls his father in France. His father refuses to tell his mother the truth, which convinces Ryan of what to do. He goes inside to comfort Kate, who has found out that the IV treatment did not work, but she is relieved that Ryan has come home to her. ........
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