"The Life Before Her Eyes" (2008)

At seventeen, spirited and rebellious young Diana looks forward to grabbing hold of her future. Fueled by curiosity and desire, she is all appetite, constantly challenging her more reserved best friend Maureen to take risks. The two tease each other about the roles they play—Diana describes them as 'the virgin and the whore.' Their lives are interrupted forever when the most normal of spring days is transformed by a senseless act of violence: a fellow student opens fire in their school and confronts Diana and Maureen and forces them to make an impossible flashpoint decision… 15 years later, an older, more settled Diana looks back on that day from the vantage point of a survivor. On the surface, her adult life is picture perfect. She is married to a popular professor and is raising an eight-year-old daughter who is sensitive and creative, even if she has inherited some of her mother’s rebellious streak. The coming of spring to her hometown is achingly beautiful, yet as the season change leads towards the fifteenth anniversary of the school shooting, Diana experiences increasingly disturbing undertones of distress.