When Day Breaks
She dies in the crossfire, but in the quiet that follows, what does it mean for the one survived?
When Day Breaks is a silent, visually driven meditation on loss, memory, and the fragile thread between the living and the dead. Set against the chaos of armed conflict, a daughter killed as a civilian lingers between life and memory as she observes her mother grief from beyond. Her final presence becomes an unspoken act of comfort, reaching across the divide. What does it mean for the living to hold on? And what does it take to keep living?
Details
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2m
- Budget
- $7,000
- Original language
- EN
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