Claim: Liv Tyler acts.

Lonesome Jim is a 2005 American comedy/drama film directed by actor/filmmaker Steve Buscemi . Filmed mostly in the city of Goshen , Indiana , the film stars Casey Affleck as a chronically depressed aspiring writer who moves back into his parents ' home after failing to make it in New York City . His older brother -LRB- Kevin Corrigan -RRB- already lives there with his two daughters . Liv Tyler stars as a good-hearted nurse who begins a sexual relationship with Jim and starts to see him as a potential stepfather for her son .   Lonesome Jim premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival , where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize , but it lost to Ira Sachs ' Forty Shades of Blue . The screenplay was based on characters and events in author Jim Strouse 's life . The entire film was shot on a mini-DV digital video camera instead of actual film .