“Mending the Line” is about an Afghanistan conflict veteran John Colter (Sinqua Partitions) and his struggles to adapt to civilian life. Affected by PTSD (Publish-Traumatic Stress Dysfunction) and wounds from his tour, Colter finds a reluctant savior in Briax Cox’s Ike Fletcher. A fellow veteran, Fletcher introduces Colter to the world of fly fishing as a method of remedy. Set within the serene state of Montana, Colter and Fletcher develop into mates, with the previous discovering which means and goal by means of his new pastime. It is an efficient narrative that sheds gentle on a well-liked (and therapeutic) pastime.
Whereas talking with Discipline & Stream, director Joshua Caldwell opened up about why he needed to inform a navy story by means of the lens of fly fishing. “In some methods, it was as a result of there are so few movies that characteristic it,” he mentioned, including, “The problem with fly fishing is: What is the story? […] Fly fishing is the automobile by which we inform the story.” When Caldwell obtained his fingers on Stephen Camelio’s script, he thought it could be attention-grabbing so as to add fly-fishing components to the navy script. Camelio obliged, as he too is an avid fly fisher.
A lot of “Succession” stars discovered Cox’s on-set habits to be scary, however the actor was nothing however a sweetheart on the set of “Mending the Line” in accordance with the director. “He is simply actually the sweetest man … and I believe that he was so taken with the script. He does not usually do these kind of motion pictures, however he did it due to the script,” Caldwell informed MovieWeb.