Saint in Vain

If the preservation of your lifes work and legacy hinged on your ability to convince a total stranger to kill you what would you say?Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11 three strangers lives are forever altered. Silvio loses both of his parents. Veras newlywed husband out of a sense of patriotic duty enlists to deploy to Iraq. And Lewis is a U.S. Army private caught in the middle of the Iraqi war violence. When a routine mission in Iraq turns tragic Lewis is left with deep emotional scars and a final mission of his own--to deliver a fallen comrades letter. Out of feelings of guilt and a need for penance Lewis decides that the only proper way to deliver the letter is by foot which is how he ends up on a cross country journey through the United States. While Lewis sojourns Silvio has adopted a mission of his own. Witnessing the abrupt mortality and lackluster funeral of his parents Silvio is on a mission to be remembered. And he decides what better way to be remembered than to be immortalized as a saint? Contrasted with the cynical Vera Silvio becomes somewhat of a cult figure in their community and when Lewis finally makes it to their small town Silvio is convinced that hes found the perfect person to carry out his martyrdom.