BitterrootSUBSCRIPTION

SynopsisIn rural western Montana, a recently divorced man holds tightly to routine to keep his life from slipping apart. Living with his widowed mother, he avoids her attempts to pull him back toward connection and stability. When he is unexpectedly laid off, the fragile order he depends on begins to unravel. Hiding the truth, he joins a group of men foraging for morel mushrooms in forests scarred by wildfire, searching for income and escape. As the distance between mother and son quietly grows, unresolved grief and unspoken pain rise to the surface. Forced to confront the loss that ended his marriage and the choices he has been avoiding, he must decide whether to remain closed off or finally begin to heal.