Guardian

Tom Hand, back from a summer at sea aboard a sea scalloper, chooses to drop football and join the fledgling UMass crew team. His father, bitterly disappointed, struggles with gambling debts, drinking, and poor work performance. When Tom’ s grandfather, Phil Swenson, who has been helping the new crew coach around the boathouse, is gravely injured, Tom’ s parents turn to an inexperienced financial advisor. Without Phil’ s strong presence the family starts to come apart… .