SYNOPSIS

When their derelict brother disappears, estranged sisters reunite in their hometown to wrestle with ghosts of the past, seek redemption, and restore harmony to the family name.

For Poppy, this means returning from the big city to her rural hometown for the first time in years, carrying depression and the shame of a failed marriage on her shoulders. Once home, she must face her religiously zealous and conservative sister, Fern, who is also housing their youngest sister, July, and her young son.

Doubting the seriousness of their brother's disappearance, the sisters take matters into their own hands to track him down. This sends them on a wild goose chase to seek out anyone who had recent contact with their brother, from his strung-out girlfriend to the local police to strangers at his favorite dive bar to a mysterious trailer park shaman. Throughout the journey, the sisters are forced to confront their own feelings of interpersonal guilt, judgment, and compassion within the larger family dynamic.

The film aims to explore themes of generational trauma related to mental health, religion, and the metaphysical, all through the lens of relatable characters in the rural South. Interpersonal tensions surface once the three sisters are all back under the same roof; there's nowhere to hide, and secrets begin to emerge that have long been swept under the rug. When their brother's body is ultimately discovered and his suicide confirmed, the sisters are united through their collective grief in processing this tragedy.

Through Super 8 flashbacks, we reveal that the sisters used to sing in three-part harmony as children. We later learn that they haven't sung together since their parents' death years ago and that their brother was never included as he was too young, an inherent black sheep from birth. In a heartbreakingly beautiful moment in the final act, the sisters come together to sing in three-part harmony at their brother's funeral. It's the first time they've sung together in years and the only time it occurs in the entire film, which has led up to this cathartic moment.