This Is My Father chronicles the journey of a disillusioned Chicago schoolteacher who returns to Ireland with his nephew in search of the man who was his father. Widowed and childless, the lonely...

This Is My Father chronicles the journey of a disillusioned Chicago schoolteacher who returns to Ireland with his nephew in search of the man who was his father. Widowed and childless, the lonely Kieran Johnson (James Caan) is no longer able to relate to his students. His fragile mental state is mirrored by his family circumstances: his mother (Françoise Graton) has had a stroke and is unable (or unwilling) to communicate and his divorced sister, Betty (Susan Almgren), is burdened with their mother's care while trying to raise her troubled teenage son Jack (Jacob Tierney).