Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
2008 · Movie · NR · 94 min · ★ 8.0 · 88% critics
In 2001, a medical resident is murdered soon after a breakup. Years later, a close friend creates a deeply personal documentary for the child who is expected, turning the story into a lasting tribute shaped by grief and unanswered questions.
Also known as Dear Zachary · Your Father's Murderer: A Letter to Zachary
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Details
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-10-31
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 (581 votes)
About
If you want an intense, emotionally wrenching true-story documentary, this will hit hard; Not for you if you’re looking for light viewing or prefer a distant, detached account like The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez or Making a Murderer.
Pros: intensely personal storytelling; powerful real-life emotion; memorable tear-inducing impact | Cons: extremely depressing subject; may feel hard to watch; can provoke anger
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- parent child relationship
- grandparent grandchild relationship
- loss of loved one
- pregnancy
- narration
- murder
- break-up
- psychiatrist
- older woman younger man relationship
- mourning
- medical school
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Kurt Kuenne
as Self (voice)
Andrew Bagby
as Self (archive footage)
- DB
David Bagby
as Self - Father
- KB
Kathleen Bagby
as Self - Mother
- ST
Shirley Turner
as Self - Ex-Girlfriend (archive footage)
Zachary Andrew Turner
as Self - Son (archive footage)
- HA
Heather Arnold
as Self - Former Fiance
- JA
Jon Atkinson
as Self - Friend
- BB
Bob Bagby
as Self - Uncle (archive footage)
- EB
Earlene Bagby
as Self - Bob's Widow
Directed by Kurt Kuenne