The substance of fire Miramax Films presents a film by Daniel Sullivan ; produced by Jon Robin Baitz, Randy Finch, Ron Kastner ; screenplay by Jon Robin Baitz ; directed by Daniel Sullivan

A Holocaust survivor, overcome by the grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the ground by printing books that have no hope of financial success. His son, who also works in the company, grows frustrated with his father's emotional decline and attempts to take over the firm.