In the twilight of his life, Mike, an ordinary American man from Kentucky, is convinced of one thing: his son Kelly was murdered. The police have closed the case but Mike intends to uncover the truth.
Kelly was last seen in November 2018. Initially, with no body, the police were reluctant to investigate. So Mike offered a reward of $ 10,000 to anyone who would give him information about his son’s disappearance. Then this didn’t work, he sold his house and increased the reward to $ 25,000. Still nothing. When Kelly’s body was finally found in the river, four months after his disappearance, the police classed it as a suicide.
But for Mike, everything suggests that this is murder and not suicide. In front of his computer screen, he sets out the evidence from his investigation: camera images, surveillance of two car parks in the city center on which we can see two figures ghostly in the night, Kelly and another man. He shows us criminal records and ‘wanted’ notices of men he suspects of having killed his son.
In the course of his investigation, the old man reminisces about his past. He wonders about his own trajectory and that of his generation. A history of the American twentieth century emerges. Through the portrait of this “ordinary” man from the southern United States, we offer an immersion into Christian white America. Mike is one of those “forgotten”, for whom the American dream never came true.
This documentary was produced by Weesper (Christine Doublet) and directed by Antoine Favre & Laura Froidefond. It was first released in 2021.
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I feel like this is an amazing Dad who loves his family. I hope he got answers he was looking for and is there any updates on this story
Shawna from Canada 🇨🇦
He’s a great storyteller, what a man
God bless this man it was so sad listening to him talk about his life especially seeing the way his face lit up talking about his wife . His life certainly hasn’t been easy all he wanted was to work hard and earn an honest living to make sure his family was ok xx
My ex wife would say to me “you’re just a dad “. I hope she watches this one day.maybe she might change her opinion.
This was incrediblely sad, made me think of a time when I was young and my family was whole well whole to me anyway as the older members might say the same of their childhood, I hope this man finds his answers or at least some peace and I hope Kelly's daughter also finds peace. I hope they find it in Jesus as that's the only truth that matters, I pray Kelly knew that truth in his heart as if he did they will see one another again.
He should go to the Cynthiana Sheriff…Rick Grimes.
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