A Heartbeat of Love & the Moral Compass Short Film

The Story

Logline: A woman on her death bed asks her son/grandson to find a deserving heart to give her healthy heart to before she passes away and gives him a moral compass to help him in his quest.  According to his mother's/grandmother's stipulations, her medical situation and her dying wish, he only has two weeks to search the world and the waiting heart transplant list that she has given to him in order to find the most deserving heart and worthy candidate to receive the heart transplant before her life ends after which point, the life support systems will be switched off and the only tool that he has to assist him in his quest is the strange looking moral compass that she has given to him.  However the compass seems to have access to his memories and the past and present of whoever sets hands upon it as it takes him on a journey via his own interactions with others and his own memories between the past and the present which seem to meet each other, relate to each other, converse with each other, collide, collaborate and connect in the most inexplicable ways as he attempts to facilitate the compass to guide him in his quest.   Written by Jill Thrussell

Genre: Drama/Fable

Developed from: A Heartbeat of Hope for Tomorrow, Next of Kin and The Moral Compass

Songs: Just a Heartbeat of Love, When Life Defeats You, The Heart That Gives

 

This story will be told with a series of metaphorical flashbacks that commune, relate and converse between the past and present and will explore themes of loss, loyalty, memory and self-discovery.