War Flowers
Title: War Flowers (View The Trailer)
Status: Post-production
Genre: Family, Drama
Synopsis:
North Carolina 1863, the civil war is raging. In this inspired story of tragedy and love we follow the lives of Melody 7, and her young mother Sarah as they struggle on their farm to survive during the civil war.
Sarah is on the verge of a nervous breakdown from the recent loss of her youngest child to scarlet fever. She is trying to maintain the farm that lies in a valley in the middle between North and South. Melody meanwhile has created a protective fantasy world around her as she waits and prays for her confederate father, John Ellis, to return from the war.
During a raging battle that goes right over their farm a Northern soldier, Louis, is left for dead. Sarah and Melody end up nursing him back to health. At first they are both very nervous about helping this Yankee Northener, but they soon grow to like him in fact love him. When he finally leaves to return to the war it is anguishing for both
Sarah and Melody. They believe he will likely die in his attempt to get back.
Christmas is near and Melody waits and prays for the return of her father. Miraculously he does return – it is a dream come true for Melody and Sarah. Sarah is in Melody’s fantasy world. But as soon as he appears he is gone, the next day Sarah realizes it was an illusion as John’s return wasn’t real. Sarah and Melody are broken and starving at wars end.
In the real miracle Louis returns, appearing on the road leading to the farm back to them. He is there to join them and make a new life.
