When Emily, a struggling baker in a small town, receives a handmade Christmas Calendar from a secret admirer, the local residents become obsessed with finding out the identity of the sender.
Brillante, dedicada e impulsiva, la arqueóloga Emma Fielding está tratando de desenterrar la evidencia de un asentamiento costero de Maine del siglo XVII que es anterior a Jamestown, uno de los hallazgos arqueológicos más significativos en años. Pero el cadáver que han descubierto, ha involucrado a Emma y sus alumnos en un tipo diferente de exploración.
A story about the power of belief, The Devout follows Darryl Eckford during trying times: his 4-year-old daughter, Abigail, has terminal cancer with weeks to live. Abigail is obsessed with space, and she talks with extraordinary detail of the Apollo 1 space mission. After she admits her former name, Darryl researches the space mission and finds inexplicable coincidences. A devout Christian, Darryl faces a crisis of faith when he begins to believe that his daughter was an astronaut in a former life. This newfound belief instills hope in Darryl, because, if his daughter has lived before, she will live again. He must face his wife, community and his own faith as he seeks out truth, because, if his daughter has lived before, she will live again. Its intriguing story and meticulous direction from Connor Gaston makes The Devout one of the most impressive Canadian independent films of the year.
Becca, una mujer de trenta y tantos, entabla una estrecha amistad con su alumna de nueve años, Emily. Con el paso del tiempo, la profesora acaba enamorándose de su padre, que es viudo.
