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Synopsis "Sacred Calm" (synopsis) Summer, 1985...a remote trailer park in Lafayette, Indiana...Kate, a reclusive woman cloaked in a past of self-doubt and vacant identity, stands wearily at the crossroads of a marriage...to Ralph, an embittered alcoholic whose life is quietly being stricken with cancer. Torn between a steadfast devotion to her husband and two children, and a desperate need for love herself, Kate clings to a formidable faith that his recovery is a prayer away... Donald, an ambitious man consumed by the American Dream. He finds himself in the arms of a troubled widow with four small children, after Kate walks out on him...taking her dreams and two small children into the mysterious life of another man. David, a seemingly gentle Navajo fisherman and dry-cleaning business owner. He and Kate marry after a serendipitous meeting and long-distance courtship, Kate impulsively uprooting her sterile, corporate lifestyle for the beauty and adventure of the Pacific Northwest. Yet, lurking beneath the surface of David's scarred psyche is a distrustful, bigoted man embittered by marital infidelity, an explosive son he cannot control, and an estranged family on a reservation he fled years ago. John, a man weathered by years of unfulfilled purpose, potential and patriarchal ideals. Caught in the crossfire of a tumultuous marriage and disillusionment with life, John sacrifices his own personal needs and growth for the daily reality of duty and responsibility...until he takes an impulsive art class one evening and meets Kate, a woman who brings color back to his canvas, and love and meaning back into his life. Summer, 1995...a remote sleepy-river town in Seascape, Oregon...Alyson, a lonely young woman hanging desperately to a thread of hope...engaged to Jimmy, a disabled Army veteran trapped in the bowels of addiction. His sudden disappearance propels her into a downward spiral of loneliness and despair, yearning for the day he returns... "Sacred Calm," based on a true story, bares the stormy last days of Kate's marriage to Ralph...and the depths of hell she travels to save him, their marriage and all her hopes and dreams...the story weaves through time, revealing her intense, combustible relationships with the other three men in her life...and how they formed the essence of her identity, her dreams, and her future...it is the lifelong quest of a common woman searching for an uncommon love...Kate pays an unexpected visit one evening to Alyson, her art student, where the story slowly shifts from Kate's past to Alyson's present...and profound similarities are unveiled when both women bare their souls and force each other beyond the precipice of truth...risking everything...and forging an improbable bond of understanding and acceptance that will change their lives forever. "Sacred Calm" is a story of passionate women...of lonely men...of quiet desperation...of shades of gray on the canvas of reality...of frailty...of heroism before the dawn...of people...yearning to live...yearning to last...yearning to love... |