Dorian Tocker

Evelyn, a recently retired widow, masks her paralyzing worry about the future with the comfort of routine. But when her son, Asher, moves back home after graduating from college, his parallel anxieties amplify Evelyn's internal crisis.

On the day of a father's unexpected death, six family members each seek ways to manage their grief. In the face of his sudden absence, the ordinary takes on heightened meaning. An ode to the beauty of life & death and the incomprehensible mystery of it all, THE DAY THAT is a poetic exploration that’s both profoundly personal and unquestionably universal.