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Lizzie (Megan Oestertreich) has died a mere three days ago, much to the distress of her sister Bethany (Lianne O'Shea), to whom Lizzie was headed when she lost control of her car - or had she actually given up control of her car in an effort to kill herself? Anyways, Bethany has since found a place to bring the dead back to life, somewhere deep in the woods, in a ritual that can only be performed during summer solstice - in other words, today. However, she can't drag Lizzie's body to that place on her own, as its a 7 miles walk trhought the woods, so she asks Lizzie's boyfriend Eli (Omar Maskati) to assist her. Now Eli doesn't believe in bringing the dead back to life one bit - but with her having left the land of the living just like that he needs closure, so he agrees to come. And off the two are through the woods, but carrying a corpse mile upon mile through the woods isn't exactly a walk through the park, plus the very down-to-.earth Eli and the conspiracy theorist Bethany have to realize during their excursion that they don't really see eye to eye on a lot of things, and it's really only their shared love to Lizzie that doesn't make them abandon one another in the middle of the woods. Plus, carrying a corpse, one doesn't want to be caught by either other people or wild animals - so it's quite an adventerous walk to begin with, without either of them knowing what will await them at their destination ...

A very unusual film for sure, basically because it mostly just focuses on two people carrying a corpse and talking - and that works quite so well because the dialogue is poignant, the characters are well fleshed out and both in their special ways relatable, and the situations they get themselves into along the way are actually pretty exhilarating - without just trying to drive a point home. And on top of that the film finds the perfect combination of comedy and drama, so the black humour of the piece feels quite grounded while the tragic situations never shift into full tearjerker mode. And a pair of strong leads of course bring this film to life rather nicely, helping to make it a pretty cool piece of genre cinema.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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