Etruscan Smile, The

[Opens April 24 in Virtual Cinema sponsored by MSP Film Society; for more information, log on to mspfilm.org.] When a proud, gruff, stubborn, 74-year-old Scottish widower (Brian Cox) leaves his seaside home on Hebridean island and goes to San Francisco to visit his estranged sous chief son (J.J. Feild), who dabbles in molecular gastronomy, and his daughter-in-law (Thora Birch) to get a much-needed medical checkup for excruciating low back pain in this touching, moving, well-acted, down-to-Earth, star-studded (Rosanna Arquette, Treat Williams, Tim Matheson, and Peter Coyote), 107-minute, 2018 film based on José Luis Sampedro's bestselling novel, he unexpectedly finds himself bonding with his new adorable, redheaded infant grandson.
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