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THE MAN WHO COULDN'T STAY DEAD
By John Read

GENRE: Drama
LOGLINE:

A murder victim is reincarnated and hunts down his killer using clues from his past life nightmares.  He unexpectedly meets his ex lover and they dig up his previous body to reclaim the valuable object that was buried with it.

SYNOPSIS:

Two weeks before his wedding, an Italian diamond dealer, Antonio Petrini, is

murdered and buried in a wood by his business partner. Hours later, a boy is

born in London bearing unexplained scars and markings. Unlike his English

parents, he has dark Mediterranean looks. His parents call him Anthony. His

childhood is plagued with nightmares of being murdered and buried. His constant

fits & visions make him a friendless outcast. But he grows up with a love of

Italy and diamonds. As an adult, he goes to Italy to hunt down his own killer

using clues he has seen in his nightmares. But he finds much more than he

expects. He finds Antonio Petrini's ex fiance, Sophia, who never discovered what

happened to her disappeared lover. Anthony looks identical to her missing fiance

and knows things about Sophia that only her fiance could possibly know. Their

love is re-kindled and together they find the murderer and confront him. This

results in Anthony & Sophia digging up the murder victim's

body to find

what was buried with it. Not only is this object extremely valuable, it is also

the cause of the reincarnation of Antonio Petrini. Just as the pair retrieve the

object and appear to have a happy ending, the Mafia become involved, resulting

in a dramatic and heartbreaking midnight woodland finale of Gothic proportions.

But - there is still one final twist to come.

THE MAN WHO COULDN'T STAY DEAD

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