Off the Map (film)

Off the Map

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Directed by Campbell Scott
Produced by Paul E. Cohen
Written by Joan Ackermann
Starring Joan Allen
Valentina de Angelis
Sam Elliot
J.K. Simmons
Music by Gary DeMichele
Cinematography Juan Ruiz Anchía
Edited by Andy Keir
Distributed by Independent Artists
Running time
108 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Off the Map is a 2003 drama film directed by Campbell Scott. The play and screenplay were written by Joan Ackermann.

An eccentric family lives a separate existence from that of the outside world. The family continues to thrive and survive self-sufficiently. Bo uses her imagination and creativity to explore her world, while her mother Arlene holds the family together. Her father, however, has fallen into a deep depression. One day an IRS auditor comes to determine why they haven't filed their income tax for so long and does not believe they can live with so little. After falling into a fever he awakens a changed man and begins to paint, living with the family for the next eight years.

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