An American existential portrait follows an Irish immigrant carpenter from Queens to the Catskills and beyond, exploring the gap between an idea and reality. The carpenter, tasked with building a replica of America's earliest cape houses, becomes overwhelmed by fatigue. Debts, expectations, and deceptions accumulate, threatening his self and family. As lies take over, the chasm widens, and the Builder faces the unsettling uncertainty of the world.
The Builder
An Irish immigrant, who had escaped his coastal Queens life to start anew in the Catskill Mountains, finds himself plagued by inexplicable exhaustion.
