Inspired by a true story and set in 1975 in a small northern mining town, A FAMILY MAN is a tale of winners and losers, when a man who schemes on a grand scale but lives small makes a risky leap or the big time. Sam (colin Salmon), a hard-drinking father of three, ex-Navy man, ex-miner, and soon to be ex-husband, takes to gambling to bankroll his crazy plan to open a drive-in theater in Africa. Equally desperate to support his family and keep his dream alive, we watch as Sam’s life spirals out of control in a show-down with a deadly Detroit card shark. It’s a Tour de France performance that keeps you at the edge of your seat and rooting for the man who would win his dreams or lose it all.