Just one pillow on her bed... and just one desire in her heart.
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
dying and death
depression
individual
suicide
jealousy
husband wife relationship
southern usa
mississippi river
plantation
patriarch
based on play or musical
inheritance
sibling rivalry
brother against brother
cynical
alcoholic
dying father
family conflict
angry
father son conflict
southern gothic
anxious
daughter–in–law father–in–law relationship
star athlete
cotton plantation
mississippi
authoritarian
condescending