A contemporary drama with elements of action and romance.

Wounded and traumatized, war correspondent John Higgs returns home on a self-destructive collision course with the UN soldier who accidentally shot him, a gangster wannabe, and the woman he once loved. Only when his disregard for his own life lands him at gunpoint in a bank robbery gone wrong does he awaken to the painful realization that can save him.

Synopsis:

John, veteran war correspondent, is being evacuated from the genocide in Sudan when he's shot by battle-fatigued UN Peacekeeper, Dave. The incident propels John and Dave, both primed for self-destruction, into an emotional freefall.

Back in Toronto, they're culture shocked by running water, flush toilets, and a world indifferent to the thousands dying in Sudan.

Disabled and haunted, John drinks heavily and reluctantly takes on local assignments. John's boss and lover, Sandra, is losing her mother to cancer. Sandra wants comfort from John that he doesn't have to give. He accuses her of pulling him from Sudan for selfish reasons and prepares to return. Sandra knows John's crossed a line while on assignment and he's teetering on the edge of ever being able to return to normal life.

Dave, tortured and shamed by what he's witnessed, is alienated from his wife and boy. There's a military enquiry into the shooting involving John - and Dave couldn't care less about the outcome. Suicide becomes attractive.

When her mother dies, Sandra is stripped of her blinders and lets John go once and for all. The loss of the relationship sends John further adrift. He puts himself face to face with Plato, a gun-toting cokehead. Hostages at his feet, Plato's looking for a way out of a botched robbery. He points his gun at John's head - and John's desire to live clicks in at last.

Mayfly is a story of chance and providence, dying and death in which those left standing are forced to acknowledge the fragility of life and the challenge of making every moment count.