
Good Grief
"Why would you write a comedy about the loss of a parent?"
"... Seemed like a good idea at the time... And someone might as well do it"
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Good Grief


Synopsis
A fifteen year old DANNY sits in front of his mother's grave (KATHERINE). He mutters to himself, not able to say what he wants to say. A voice comes from behind him startling him. He turns around to see his mother standing behind him. He's shocked and goes over to embrace her but his hands slip through her.
SEVENTEEN YEARS LATER.
Danny, now a man in his early thirties, walks home after being out all night. We hear his inner thoughts through voice over. He arrives back and his mother is still there looking the exact same.
They argue over him not coming home and he retreats to his bedroom to get away but then realises what date it is. (It is seventeen years since his mother passed away). He walks back into the living room and they have a more honest discussion with a few snide comments thrown in here and there.
They try thinking is there any other way to get her to move on to the other side, but after recalling what happened with their last attempts Danny doesn't see much hope. They leave the flat and go for a walk by the river. Katherine tries to push Danny into why he won't try anything else to help her move on, leading to another argument. Danny leaves and goes to his friend Donal's pub.
He and Donal talk, with Danny telling him that it's his mother's anniversary. Apologising for not remembering, Donal ponders at how long it's been since they were both teenagers. Danny walks out of the pub and Donal follows. Outside of the pub, Danny tells Donal that he has been living with the ghost of his mother for the last seventeen years. They speak honestly with each other and Danny leaves thinking he knows what he should do.
Getting back to the flat he confronts Katherine and says it's because of him that she is still here, because he didn't want to leave her go. Coming to the emotional apex Danny finally learns to leave her go as Katherine dissipates into nothingness.






Updates
Article In South Tipperary local Newspaper The Nationalist.

This week writer/director Eoin Ross-Lonergan spoke with Eamon Wynne about the new project and why it is so important to shoot it in his home town.
Front Page of the Irish World For Writer/Director

Writer and Director Eoin Ross-Lonergan spoke to David Hennessy from The Irish World about the new project. Where the story comes from, Why its so personal and why it's so important to shoot it back in his home town in South Tipperary.