Grief looks different than you think — and this preacher's breakdown is weirdly comforting.
Inspired by a best selling novel by British author, Adrian Plass, BIRCHES tells the story of a prominent author/speaker who struggles to pick up the pieces of his life and start over after the untimely death of his young wife.
Acting
Drew Waters makes breakdown feel earned, not performative.
Writing
Adrian Plass's dialogue: preachy people actually talking like humans.
Cinematography
British countryside as emotional character.
Director
Randall Stevens
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adrian Plass originally wrote this as semi-autobiographical fiction after his own ministry burnout.
The 'birches' metaphor references Robert Frost's poem about swinging between earth and heaven — fitting for David's limbo.
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