GODSPEED

Year: 2009
USA: Film Harvest
Cast: Joseph McKelheer, Cory Knauf, Courtney Halverson, Ed Lauter, Jessie Ward, Hallock Beals, Lynn Adrianna Freedman, Ben Loosli
Director: Robert Saitzyk
Country: USA
USA: 99 mins
USA Release Date: 26 March 2010 (Limited Release)


Synopsis

Charlie Shepard (Joseph McKelheer, THE HAMILTONS) is a modern day faith healer, who just about makes ends meet from his "healing" sessions in a small Alaskan town. But his marriage to Rebecca (Jessie Ward, REST STOP: DON'T LOOK BACK) is under strain and he's drinking habit is gradually returning.

When Charlie's family is brutally murdered by unknown assailants in a seemingly random attack, he retreats into himself, broken, more like a ghost than a man. Even local fish and game man Mitch (veteran actor Ed Lauter, THE LONGEST YARD, SEABISCUIT) can't seem to penetrate Charlie's intense desolation.

A young, mysterious girl named Sarah Roberts (Courtney Halverson) unexpectedly arrives in town, and seeks out Charlie, pleading for help with her own grief-stricken father after her mother's death. Returning to Sarah's remote home, buried deep in the Alaskan wilderness, it is here that Chrlie must eventually confront Sarah's troubled brother Luke (Cory Knauf, THE HAMILTONS) - a dark journey that will ultimately reveal the truth of his family's killings and lead to tragic, violent consequences for all.

Directed by award winning filmmaker Robert Saitzyk (AFTER THE FLOOD) GODSPEED is a tightly wound, stylish thriller that explores the limits of humanity on the edges of the Last Frontier.