Smoke Signals

Arnold rescued Thomas from a fire when he was a child. Thomas thinks of Arnold as a hero, while Arnold's son Victor resents his father's alcoholism, violence and abandonment of his family.

Smoke Signals is a 1998 drama comedy movie directed by Chris Eyre, starring Gary Farmer, Evan Adams, Adam Beach. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.2/10 from 12,175 votes and runs 1h 29m.