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The Wool Cap, 2004
English
USA
Profile of The Wool Cap
The mood of The Wool Cap is touching and sincere. The plot centers around a mentally challenged character, custody issues, and rehabilitation. It is a drama movie. Stylistically, The Wool Cap is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in an urban environment. The Wool Cap happens in contemporary times. It is a remake.
Summary of The Wool Cap
William H. Macy co-writes and stars as a broken man bereft of love, family, and his very voice in a made-for-TV film based on an original story by the legendary Jackie Gleason (THE HONEYMOONERS). Gigot (Macy) is a mute war veteran who lost his vocal cords in a tragic car accident that killed his sister. Wracked by guilt and grief, Gigot cut all ties with his family to live a life of self-imposed exile as the superintendent for a rundown, inner-city tenement. After 28 years of emotional solitude, Gigot's lonely existence is shattered by the arrival of Lou (Keke Palmer), a spunky but troubled 12-year-old whose drug-addict mother has abandoned her. At first wary of each other, the two unlikely roommates forge a genuinely touching bond that blossoms into a father-daughter relationship and prompts Gigot to make amends with his own estranged family. Warm and uplifting without caving in to sentimentality, THE WOOL CAP is a poignant character study of two damaged souls offering each other a shot at healing and redemption. Ned Beatty, Catherine O'Hara, and Don Rickles offer fine supporting roles, and newcomer Palmer displays a knowing maturity that belies her young age, but the film belongs to the always brilliant Macy, who turns in a stellar performance that conveys layers of emotional depth without ever saying a word.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 21 November 2004 |
| Runtime: | 103 min |
Cast and Crew
as Gigot
as Lou
as Ira
as Gigot's Father
as Gloria
