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About The Film
Starring Cameron Douglas, Michael Stahl-David, Walker Scobell, two-time Academy Award winner, Michael Douglas, and Emmy nominated, David Morse, Looking Through Water crosses generations tied together in past and present through the love of fly fishing.
Based on the novel, Looking Through Water, by Bob Rich
Synopsis
William McKay is a wealthy, hardened tycoon whose carefully built world implodes when a public betrayal at an award gala exposes the possibility of a hostile takeover of his company. With his reputation in question, William receives an unexpected call from his estranged father, Leo, who invites him to a father-son fishing tournament in San Pedro, Belize.
Still seething from childhood abandonment, William reluctantly agrees and arrives wearing a tuxedo and a fog of scotch. There, he meets Cole, his father’s blunt fishing guide with a secret of his own, and Julia, a local doctor whose kindness and wit unsettle his defenses. Through sun-drenched waters, clumsy casts, and sharp arguments, William and Leo navigate the waters and the intricacies of family relationships while slowly rediscovering a bond neither thought possible.
Intercut with this past is the present-day story of William, now older, taking his bruised and bitter grandson, Kyle, on a fishing trip of their own. As William shares the events of that life-changing week, he reaches across time to help Kyle navigate pain, anger, and the ache of broken family ties.
Woven with humor, heartbreak, and healing, Looking Through Water is a generational drama about the scars fathers leave, the bridges sons can rebuild, and the quiet redemption found in second chances, on and off the water.
FAQs
Where was the film shot? Massachusetts, Mexico and Belize.
Were any fish or anglers harmed? No.
The film is based on the novel, Looking Through Water, by Bob Rich.
This is the second film with real life father and son duo - Michael and Cameron Douglas.
Who Directed the film? Roberto Sneider
Who wrote the screenplay? Zach Dean & Rowdy Herrington
What was the working title of the film? Blood Knot
