A movie star brings her boyfriend home to meet the family. Year 2014 Theatrical Release 2014-09-26 Video Release 2015-01-27 Studio IFC Films Genre Comedy MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 91 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis DAYS AND NIGHTS is writer/director Christian Camargo's directorial debut, inspired by Anton Chekhov's The Seagull and set in rural New England in the 1980s. The film centers around Elizabeth Allison Janney , a movie star, who brings her paramour Peter to her lakeside estate to visit her family on Memorial Day weekend. The household includes her ailing brother William Hurt , her artist son Ben Whishaw , his ethereal muse Juliet Rylance , the family doctor Jean Reno and the estate's custodian Russell Means , the careless caretaker Michael Nyqvist and his wife Cherry Jones , their temperamental daughter Katie Holmes and her long suffering ornithologist husband Mark Rylance the keeper of the sacred land where a bald eagle is trying to raise its young. During the weekend a disastrous turn of events leads the family from dysfunction to heartbreak and, ultimately, salvation. Director Christian Camargo Cast Christian Camargo; Katie Holmes; William Hurt; Allison Janney; Jean Reno; Ben Whishaw; Christian Camargo; Michael Nyqvist; Cherry Jones; Juliet Rylance; Russell Means