Filmmaking
Synopsis:
Gabriel and five
friends are stranded on his family farm on a day of national tragedy that
forces them to confront their ideals and fears. Meanwhile the ghosts of
Gabriel's great grandparents recollect the horrors of the 20th Century, from
World War One and the Great Depression to World War Two and the deaths of their
children. Throughout all of this, two supernatural beings reflect on the events
of the day while reading from a sacred black book. As night falls, it becomes
clear that the tragedy affecting the nation has reached the farm, leaving
Gabriel's life hanging in the balance.
Reminiscent of films such
as Wim Wender's Wings of Desire, Ingmar Bergman's Persona, Alain
Resnais's Hiroshima Mon Amour, and influenced by the writings of
philosopher Ken Wilber, Eastern mysticism, and Western psychology, Dark
September Rain is a provocative and inspiring exploration of what it means
to live in a post-September 11th world.