Nancy Willis – Google

Beautifully filmed. Ethereal. Sweet. Sad. Wonderful cast. Each neighbor carries a burden and has suffered a loss, but it can be lightened when people help each other. The music teacher misses her son, but is comforted by the talent of her music students. The elderly couple...he has dementia and keeps attempting suicide, while she copes with the way his status has changed their lives. The neighbors begin to “babysit” to ensure he stays safe. This allows her to regain some freedom and he ultimately dies peacefully. The other older couple...he is an ornithologist and has spent his life looking for a rare bird. Miraculously it shows up and for a brief moment he gets credit for his lifelong efforts. His wife is tortured by her past irresponsibility due to drinking, in which her four-year old granddaughter almost died and caused her daughter-in-law to sever ties with her. Her husband’s love sustains her and Wren let’s her know it will be ok. The mailman’s mother has died, but thinking of Wren gives him joy. The policeman’s wife died and he’s been depressed, but looking for Wren gives him purpose and forces him to embrace technology. And both the policeman and mailman develop stronger ties to the neighbors and neighborhood. Wren allows everyone’s burdens to take flight before she herself takes flight. Regret doesn’t have to consume a person if they have faith.