Mourning Shadows
Mourning Shadows
Television (Half-hour)
· Drama · 32 pages
Status: Spec
A simple body removal takes a catastrophic turn when a revered funeral business is entrusted to an unaccomplished son and his late father's most beloved protégé.
Written by
Alessio Morreale
2 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Semifinalist,
Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition 2022
Quarterfinalist,
WritersXWriters - Writers X Writers 2023
1 Writer
London, GB
Alessio is a British writer and director of Sicilian heritage based in London. His stories often blend drama with dark humour and explore issues surrounding family, loneliness and existential affirmation in a fresh, contemporary fashion.
Additional Project Info
Mourning Shadows is a Comedy Drama that explores late-twenties existential crisis. It features two central characters with wildly different coping mechanisms whose relationship will flourish into a bombastic bromance. Together they must learn to love, grow and cope as they slowly uncover the dark truth behind their dearly departed role model.