Legendary actor Brian Cox makes his indelible directorial debut with this tense drama about family and forgiveness, featuring fellow veterans Alan Cumming (The Anniversary Party) and Shirley Henderson (Trainspotting).

After 35 years in the United States, Donal (Cumming) returns to his family-owned whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands. When he left, his dear mother had died and, on the very day of her funeral, he and his brother Sandy (Cox) wound up in a violent exchange with their father. All those years away provided Donal with the chance to become the version of himself that his chaotic family would never allow, but the wounds from that terrible time have never fully healed. Now, with the survival of their treasured family business on the line, Donal hopes to make amends with Sandy — and to find some desperately needed inner peace — before it’s too late. 

Written by David Ashton (TIFF ’06's The Last King of Scotland) and Jeff Murphy (TV’s Hinterland), Glenrothan digs deep into the complexities of familial ties and fissures, set against the proud but threatened tradition of making some of the world’s finest whisky. The film offers Cumming one of his richest onscreen roles, facing off against Cox who, behind or before the camera, infuses every scene with a sense of fraught history and stubborn hope.