Alice and Mark are a married couple who are desperately struggling to come to terms with the catastrophic death of their child. While their friends tiptoe around them trying to offer their own advice and support, the couple find themselves unable to support each other as Mark cannot bear to be around his wife anymore. Meanwhile, Alice ends up at the office of grief counsellor Dr. Goodman who believes that fate has led them together for a reason and convinces her to look at her own life differently. They both go through feelings of devastation, intense rage and ultimately soul-destroying heartbreak that threatens not only the future of their relationship, but also their own lives. Will this once idyllic couple successfully find each other again? And, with that, find the strength to overcome the biggest tragedy of their lives?
This intense drama film focuses on the effects grief can have on the most significant parts of peoples' lives. It is the directorial and screenplay feature film debut of the movie's main star Leland Orser ('Taken', 'The Bone Collector', 'ER') who describes it as 'a love story between a man and a woman who happen to be husband and wife'. Produced by Todd Traina ('My Suicide', 'What We Do Is Secret'), 'Morning' was filmed in a mere 21 days after first premiering as a short film at the SXSW Film Festival. It is due to hit theatres on September 27th 2013.
Starring: Leland Orser, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Laura Linney, Elliott Gould, Jason Ritter, Kyle Chandler, Charlie McDermott, Julie White, Gina Morelli, Katie Traina, Sawyer Ellis White, Ewan Chung, Ellis Williams, Lydia Blanco