A man afflicted with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder struggles to tell his reality from his flashbacks.

SYNOPSIS:

Forced into an indefinite leave of absence, Joel is struggling. He has trouble adjusting from the turbulent life of working undercover and his PTSD puts a strain on his marriage. On top of that, his flashbacks have gotten so vivid they seem to flow seamlessly into his life, blurring the line between fantasy and reality. The film follows Joel over the course of one night as he goes on a jounrey chasing hallucinations that force him to confront the darkest parts of himself.

MORAL INJURY

EXT. ALLEYWAY- CONT.

Ludvik hands Joel a Croatian cigarette but he refuses.

Joel sits down near a dumpster, full of nausea and confusion. Ludvik remains standing.

LUDVIK

You have looked better Jacob.

Joel tenses. It is a name he hasn't gone by in a while.

LUDVIK (CONT'D)

I'm starting to forgive you for taking off.

JOEL

Things got a little tense.

LUDVIK

I suppose so. Even when you're a bodyguard, ours is not an easy business to have a hand in or I guess in our case now, businesses.

JOEL

So you made the merger with Lilliana?

LUDVIK

I know you think she's a bitch but my family doesn't know anything about companionship and she doesn't know the first thing about heroin. We need each other.

JOEL

I'm just a bodyguard. I don't have an opinion.

LUDVIK

Come now. Just because I give you a paycheck doesn't mean we aren't friends.

Joel goes silent for a second.

JOEL

Why are you in New York?

Ludvik smiles and says nothing. He helps Joel up and motions for a taxi.

One immediately stops. Upon entering, Ludvik mumbles something in another language as if he knows the driver.

LUDVIK

Jacob, did I ever tell you how Lilliana and I got to be acquainted in the first place?

Joel shakes his head no.

LUDVIK (CONT'D)

You're about to find out.

The taxi drives off into the eerie New York landscape.