Willfully Blind

Willfully Blind follows the lives of two couples in polar opposite relationships, navigating everyday struggles brought on by an unwillingness to take ownership of self-sabotaging choices.The fading summer marked what had become a tradition amongst friends: an annual Labor Day gathering. Hosted this year by Courtney and Daryn Upton in Elmhurst, Illinois, a suburb outside of Chicago, the happy couple provided the perfect haven to reconnect with a few of their closest friends. But as the...
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Willfully Blind follows the lives of two couples in polar opposite relationships, navigating everyday struggles brought on by an unwillingness to take ownership of self-sabotaging choices.The fading summer marked what had become a tradition amongst friends: an annual Labor Day gathering. Hosted this year by Courtney and Daryn Upton in Elmhurst, Illinois, a suburb outside of Chicago, the happy couple provided the perfect haven to reconnect with a few of their closest friends. But as the summer ends, so begins strained relationships and conflict that threaten to rip apart even the most enduring of bonds. Relationship challenges are nothing unique, but for Dirk and Lisa, their love begins to feel much like a burden. Meeting one night at a college party, the two start dating soon after, and nearly ten years later, they remain together, cohabitating. But with Dirk's frequent indiscretions, unwillingness to commit, and an embarrassing final straw, Lisa sets a plan in motion to move on. A decision that leaves Dirk scrambling in the eleventh hour to save the love he suddenly realizes he can't live without.In direct contrast, Dirk's friend Courtney and his wife Daryn epitomize a healthy and fruitful relationship. Married four years, the two live the life most couples work towards but rarely lay hold of. All is well... until it isn't. Daryn, born into an affluent family and assuredly overindulged, regularly overspends, much to Courtney's chagrin. Driven by his structured and methodical nature and a near obsession with being fiscally responsible, Courtney attempts to reel his wife's bad habits in vain. It isn't long before Daryn's stubborn opposition triggers unresolved trauma from Courtney's childhood, and soon Daryn watches her doting husband transform into a vicious, borderline abusive stranger.