HOPE IN THE AFTERMATH OF WAR

By Daniel Bernardi

A decorated soldier returns home profoundly changed—withdrawn, haunted by guilt, and battling addiction. Her daughter, once shielded by her mother’s strength, becomes a witness to her unraveling as their family struggles under the weight of trauma, displacement, and the military’s silence. Hope is a raw, intimate portrait of the invisible wounds of war and the quiet devastation they bring home. Through the intertwined journeys of mother and daughter, the film explores loss, resilience, and the fragile bond that endures despite pain. It is both a story of collapse and of rebuilding—a reminder that healing doesn’t follow orders and that love, though strained and imperfect, can still survive in the smallest gestures and unspoken moments of grace.