The Caveman's Valentine

(2001)

★ 5.9 IMDb · 155 votes

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Year: 2001

Runtime: 105 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Кейси Леммонс

Cast: Сэмюэл Л. Джексон, Колм Фиори, Ann Magnuson, Онжаню Эллис, Tamara Tunie, Энтони Майкл Холл, Эрик Ларей Харви, Родни Истман, Jay Rodan, Лайрик Бент

Plot

Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim the death is accidental. Romulus is convinced the man was murdered by a prominent art photographer but how can he prove he's right when everyone thinks he's insane?

Romulus is mentally ill, a troglodyte in a New York City park. He's also a gifted composer and the father of a city cop. On Valentine's Day, a young man freezes in a tree near his cave. The police determine it's the accidental death of someone behaving bizarrely, but Romulus believes a friend of the dead youth who says that noted avant-garde photographer, David Leppenraub, murdered him. Romulus, urged on by hallucinations of his wife as a young woman, resolves to catch the killer and manages to be invited to Leppenraub's farm to play a new composition. Can Romulus hold it together long enough to get to the bottom of the death and also to make a breakthrough with his daughter?