When a mother realizes that her teenage son is tired of living, she must do something to get him off those dark thoughts before he acts on them.

1] Generations of Sicilians have fled the island because the poverty and corruption made it a place not worth living. So how will it be a place for the son to discover that life is worth living?

2] The mother is only stage managing the plot; the son is the main character, the one who has to live it. She is not in control of the outcome; he is. He is the pivotal character, the only one who can make the ultimate decision to live or die. So the logline ought to cast him as the protagonist.

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1] Generations of Sicilians have fled the island because the poverty and corruption made it a place not worth living. So how will it be a place for the son to discover that life is worth living?

2] The mother is only stage managing the plot; the son is the main character, the one who has to live it. She is not in control of the outcome; he is. He is the pivotal character, the only one who can make the ultimate decision to live or die. So the logline ought to cast him as the protagonist.

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When a teenage boy tries to commit suicide, his desperate mom books them on a trip to Sicily to show him life is worth living before he tries again.