Bookends

Bookends

99 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 9, 2026

Nate is an excitable millennial novelist forced to leave his fabulous city life behind and move in with his grandparents after a bad breakup. But when his Holocaust-surviving grandfather Saul shows signs of cognitive decline and his grandmother Miriam refuses to acknowledge her husband’s early signs of dementia, Nate finds himself torn between his desire to escape retirement community life, family responsibilities, and an unexpected romance with his grandparents’ doctor.

Bookends

99 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 9, 2026

Bookends
Nate is an excitable millennial novelist forced to leave his fabulous city life behind and move in with his grandparents after a bad breakup. But when his Holocaust-surviving grandfather Saul shows signs of cognitive decline and his grandmother Miriam refuses to acknowledge her husband’s early signs of dementia, Nate finds himself torn between his desire to escape retirement community life, family responsibilities, and an unexpected romance with his grandparents’ doctor.
Producers 5X Media, Story Mill Entertainment
Original title Bookends
Directors Mike Doyle
Writers Noam Ash

Cast

Noam Ash

as Nate

F. Murray Abraham

as Saul Cohen

Caroline Aaron

as Miriam Cohen

Charlie Barnett

as Dr. Daniel Green

Jared Reinfeldt

as Rory

Frank Iriele

as Gary

Spencer Belko

as Matt