Running on Empty Dreams

A somber, heartfelt drama about love and mortality that asks for emotional investment and rewards it with earnest feeling.

Directed by

Nitara Lee Osbourne

Genres

Drama, Romance

Starring

Kathleen Benner, Rachel Owens, Jose Rosete

Overview

Young and athletic Sydney Harris finds out that she has six months to live unless she and her husband can come up with the money for her medical treatment. Sounds simple enough; get the money, save her life. But her underpaid, working class husband can't afford the treatment. And time is ticking away. As Sydney begins to seek out a means to save her life, she begins to question her existence and does some soul searching, only to find herself falling in love with a single mom in the neighborhood that Sydney and her family have just moved into. Sydney is then forced to choose between her religious upbringing, her husband and son, and a love that she hides, all while fighting a losing battle to save her own life.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, romantic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Love, identity, faith, family

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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