Molly Harrison is not exactly a “regular” mom. And that’s not just because she’s a mortician. She hasn’t left the house since her husband Peter died three years ago of a freak accident on her birthday. Now on Molly’s fortieth birthday, her daughter Sam and mother Ivy present her with tickets to Moscow hoping a trip just might finally be the thing to help get her out of the house. But the tickets come with a catch–a gag gift of a life-sized doll named Pedro. Pedro quickly goes from funny to fantastical, confounding Molly’s attempts to go outside, straining her ties with her family, and threatening her budding relationship with a kind but lonely documentary filmmaker named Joe. Will Molly finally be able to conquer her unusual demons and take her first steps out of the house and towards a life worth living?
“There are few audience-identifiable films in this modern and very confusing day and age that simultaneously touch the heart, the mind and the soul in such a powerfully poignant way while, at the same time, never losing sight of its ultimate objective: Hope. Wake is one of these films. Beautifully produced with delicate direction and subtle yet spectacular performances, this is award-worthy motion picture is in a class of its own from start to finish”
State of the Arts, LA Talk Radio