Casey Affleck

With Light of My Life, Casey Affleck has written and directed a film about a father struggling to protect his daughter a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world’s population. Rag – played by newcomer Anna Pniowsky - as one survivor.

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Being a little brother is not easy, be it in life or in an industry littered with siblings who never made it or were nothing more than a one-hit-wonder. But Casey Affleck was never in danger of falling into that category.

Hand-picked first by Matt Damon – who was originally set to direct the movie – and later by writer-director Kenneth Lonergan to play Lee Chandler, the prodigal son of Manchester–By-Sea, MA, self-exiled to Boston after a life-changing event, Casey Affleck relied on his passion for the material to compose his complex performance. “This has only happened a couple of times in my life”, Affleck told us.

Casey Affleck gives a heart wrenching performance in Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea. The film is a drama about love and loss.