“Thematically, this film deals with the stigma and prejudice associated with mental illness,” director Scheerer said, “and how love can be a source of strength in overcoming that stigma.”

Award-winning San Francisco actor Kurt Kroesche plays a university professor with the past he has kept hidden, and Theresa Ireland plays a young journalist who confronts him. It turns out that she has her own secret.

These were the scenes filmed at HSU and other North Coast locations. “These scenes comprise the part of the story that takes place in the present,” Scheerer explains, “but like movies such as Slum Dog Millionaire, much of the story is told in flashbacks to the past.”

Photo: Kurt Kroesche