Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead is a mystery drama film directed by Keith Gordon and starring Billy Crudup and Jennifer Connelly. The film centers on the relationship between Fielding Pierce, a young Coast Guard officer with political ambitions, and idealistic Roman Catholic Sarah Williams. In the opening scene, Fielding sees a television news program reporting Sarah's death in a Minneapolis car bombing following a church-organized excursion to Chile, but his obsession with Sarah slowly puts his career, forthcoming marriage, and sanity in jeopardy. As Fielding navigates his past and present, the question of whether or not Sarah actually was killed remains unresolved, adding to the mystery and emotional turmoil.