The Starling

• Drama

Lily, reeling from a profound and isolating grief following a family tragedy, finds an unlikely and persistent adversary in a starling that relentlessly attacks her garden – a tangible manifestation of her own internal chaos. This isn’t a story about overcoming loss through grand gestures, but through the frustrating, messy, and often absurd process of simply *existing* alongside pain. Her husband’s detached attempt at healing through a year-long medical leave further complicates matters, creating a quiet portrait of a marriage fractured not by conflict, but by the suffocating weight of unresolved sorrow. The film subtly explores the uncomfortable reality that grief doesn't follow a linear path, and connection can blossom in the most unexpected places, offering pockets of bittersweet humor and a deeply relatable, if unconventional, path towards tentative healing.