"Doing What Is Right... Could Cost Him Everything."
Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the ground by printing books that have no hope of financial success. His son Aaron, who also works at the company, grows frustrated with Isaac's emotional decline and attempts to take over the firm. The resulting crisis involves Isaac's other two children, his daughter Sarah and his dying son Martin.
Released in 1996, The Substance of Fire is a drama film from Miramax (United States of America). It was directed by Daniel J. Sullivan and written by Jon Robin Baitz. The cast is led by Tony Goldwyn, Timothy Hutton, Ron Rifkin, Sarah Jessica Parker and Lee Grant. With a runtime of 1h 42m, the film averages 6.4/10 across 7 TMDB ratings.
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