South of the Moon

South of the Moon is the story of a young boy and his uncle, one dealing with the complexity and confusion of adolescence, the other with the pain and torment of regret. It is the story of well-intentioned people, flawed and imperfect by nature, in their personal quest for love, acceptance and redemption. Twelve-year-old Coleman Hawkins, an Anglo boy of Irish descent, is at the cusp of his sexual awakening. The only child of a loveless marriage he lives with his parents in a small town outside of Montreal. Haunted at night by a mysterious woman and distracted during school hours by his beautiful classmate Alexa, Coleman turns to his Uncle Matt for advice and direction. But Matt Hawkins, an eccentric hard-drinking musician, has his own demons to deal with and Coleman's constant questions trigger vivid memories of lost love and a tormented past. When Coleman is presented with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go to Vancouver and train with the Canadian Olympic Swim Team, the decision becomes the catalyst that brings the past into a direct collision course with the present.