DFF Interview: The Boat Builder

Carrie Saldo interviews the filmmakers of “The Boat Builder.“ Starring Christopher Lloyd, this gentle family drama focuses on Abner, a feisty old curmudgeon whose only goal in life is making a 27-foot sloop seaworthy. The former merchant marine has a lot going against him, including a daughter who’d prefer to settle him in a home for the elderly than worry about him climbing up and down ladders. Things get more complicated when a gang of middle-school punks set out to make mischief, and a zoning regulator