Love Liza

Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, Love Liza features Philip Seymour Hoffman as Wilson Joel, a successful Web site designer whose world is shattered by the inexplicable suicide of his wife, Liza. He turns to his mother-in-law (Kathy Bates) for support; their relationship intensifies when Wilson refuses to open a letter Liza left behind for fear it will shatter his ideal of the perfect life they shared. As Wilson attempts to rebuild his life, eccentric behavior begins to surface, taking him on a roller coaster of self-pity and self-realization. A curious fascination with remote-controlled model airplanes and the hobby's odd practitioners provides solace as he tentatively begins to pick up the pieces of his life.Love Liza is a beautifully drawn portrait of a survivor who invokes humor, humility and whatever it takes to find the possibilities for a successful resolution.