Logline
While walking through a forest on his way home from being bullied at school, Marco stumbles across an unconscious man with a gun and briefcase. Thinking that the man is dead and that there might be something valuable inside the case, Marco begins to pry the man’s fingers off the handle. Little does Marco know – he will soon be forced to defend himself.
Synopsis
Marco (Vince Barrese), who is constantly being bullied at school, finds it difficult to confide in his parents and is unable to express his frustration. One morning Marco fakes being sick so that he can avoid the inevitable, but his mother (Deborah Verginella) sees through his act and lectures him on the importance of an education and, with the help of his father (Tony Porfilio), she pressures him to go to school. At the end of the school day, the bully (Conor Campaigne) who has been after Marco finds him and turns him into a bloody pulp. On his way home, Marco decides to cut through a forest and stumbles upon an unconscious man (Graham Gauthier) with a gun and a case. Marco studies the bloodied Man for quite some time and comes to the conclusion that the man is dead. Marco notices that the Man has a silver case clenched in his hand and thinks that there might be something valuable inside. Marco begins to pry the Man’s fingers off of the case, but the Man wakes up and lunges for his gun. In a moment of sheer desperation, Marco is forced to defend himself…
