Among Ravens

Set in the visually stunning McCall, Idaho, the holiday weekend is seen through the eyes of ten year old Joey and hosted by her mother and stepfather, Wendy and Ellis Conifer, a couple whose marital troubles are reaching their apex. Ellis is a trust fund baby, who is devoted to Wendy and Joey, but oblivious to the fact that his wife feels disconnected from him; Wendy, a former college radical, feigns a happiness she has secretly lost. Among the Conifer’s guests, are: Saul, the former husband of Wendy, a wanna-be intellectual and successful writer, whom we come to discover has never written a thing in his life; Will, the alcoholic ghost writer who is suffering from writer’s block; Emma, Saul’s wife and gallery owner, who is having an affair with Will. And Hal, the rootless hippie-life-coach and Wendy’s best friend. Into this combustible mix walks Chad, a nature photographer who is constantly putting himself in harms way through his childlike innocence and his clumsily placed camera.