Plot
The town of Karmack seeing a persistent streak of fatal accidents needs to fill the position of a Middle Man, a person taking care of casualty notification. Frank Farrelli, having been unemployed for long enough and living with his mother, gets the job and the first opportunity to attend a notification in his official capacity arrives. As weeks without accidents go by, Frank and his best friend Steve Miller go to a bar. There Bob Spencer starts a petty argument with Steve and gives him a blow, who in turn experiences a severe TBI and ends up in a coma. Doctors predict a very poor outcome associated with post-coma unresponsiveness. The next day Frank notifies Steve’s father Martin. Martin dies by the bedside of his son and Frank inherits his property, including power of attorney about Steve. In light of the Steve’s predicted poor outcome, Frank decides to stop life-sustaining treatment. Eventually, in exchange of favors, Frank asks Arthur Clintstone to knock up Bob, seeing him ultimately responsible for Steve’s death. Arthur accidentally happens to kill Bob, though. Frank and Arthur covering up the homicide bring the corpse to Martin’s former home and set it on fire. To the police it appears to be an accident, but Frank’s mother, having smelt the gas they used as a fire accelerant, does not believe so. She discloses to Frank that she neither believed the death of Frank’s father was an accident, but suspected Frank of foul play. The two become estranged: “Frank, I don’t want to have anything more to do with you.”Cast
Despite setting in the USA, the movie features Norwegian, Swedish and Canadian actors. Its cast also includes Don McKellar, Sheila McCarthy, Bill Lake, Rosalie Chilelli and Josiane McCartney.Production
The film was shot in 2019, in both Germany andRelease
The film premiered at theReferences
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