A Comedy About Secrets, Survival, and Family
Are emotional claims from the past ever paid in full?
When longtime insurance adjuster Charlie dies unexpectedly, his wife Kate and daughter Sharon are left to sort through both his belongings and a lifetime of emotional debris. But when a mysterious photo surfaces—of a teenage girl labeled "Paris, 1997"—questions rise about who Charlie really was.
Charlie spent his life settling claims—fire, flood, theft, disaster. He had forms for everything. As his wife Kate and daughter Sharon struggle to understand who the girl is—and why Charlie saved her—long-buried questions rise to the surface. When Dana, a highway worker from Idaho, enters their lives with a story of her own, the past starts making its own demands.
Told with biting humor, surreal memory, and aching humanity, Directly Into the Sun explores how grief, guilt, and legacy refuse to be filed away. In the end, everyone must answer for the damage of Charlie's natural disaster—they also decide what kind of coverage love really provides.
Directly Into the Sun is a darkly funny and emotionally resonant exploration of abandonment, identity, and the strange ways we find our families.
Cast of 5 (3W, 2M)
Open set
Every family has a past...
When a buttoned-up insurance adjuster dies, his wife and daughter take a roadtrip to uncover the truth—only to discover a stranger who may be more family than they ever expected.
Through overlapping memories, cluttered dreams, and unpaid claims on the past, three women circle a man they thought they knew—and the secrets he left behind.