Leonard Schiller once counted among New York's literary lions, but illness and ten years of writer's block have lowered his profile, almost to the point of obscurity. When Heather Wolfe, an ambitious literature major, asks to interview him for her thesis on his work, her interest forces him to address the issues that he has avoided all these years, and stirs in him feelings he has long forgotten, much to his daughter's consternation.

Frank Langella
as Leonard Schiller

Lauren Ambrose
as Heather Wolfe

Patti Perkins
as Dolores

Adrian Lester
as Casey Davis

Lili Taylor
as Ariel Schiller

Dennis Parlato
as Author

Jeff McCarthy
as Charles

Michael Cumpsty
as Victor

Jessica Hecht
as Sandra Bennett

Karl Bury
as Frederick