"Everybody gets a second chance."
A day-in-the-life dark comedy concerning a group of islanders, their respective secrets, and one man's plan to kill himself quietly.
Social & External
The people behind it
James Allodi
Dan Jarvis
Callum Keith Rennie
Duck MacDonald
Elliot Page
Emily Anderson
Rebecca Jenkins
Sandra Anderson
Sandra Oh
Carol French
Paul Gross
Buddy French
Marcella Grimaux
Mackenzie Fisher
Daniel MacIvor
Stan Lastman
Terri Sanderson
Reporter
Chris Saunderson
Photographer
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