Synopsis/Details
Spence Dawson, a 30-year-old introverted science teacher and devoted Trekkie, is preparing for what should be the happiest day of his life—his wedding to a quiet, seemingly sweet woman he met on a Star Trek fan site. But when she disappears on the altar and is later caught on video looting his priceless Star Trek collection with her "brother" (actually her lover), Spence spirals into an emotional collapse.
Unable to process the trauma, Spence retreats into the identity of Mr. Spock, suppressing his emotions in favor of logic. Committed to a mental health facility, Spence becomes convinced he is the Vulcan officer aboard a starship. With no memory of his past, even his mother and brother Kirk are strangers to him.
Desperate to reconnect, Kirk reluctantly agrees to act as Spock’s "Captain" and embarks with him on a cross-border road trip to Vulcan, Alberta—a real Canadian town themed after the Star Trek franchise. Along the way, as reality and fantasy blur, Spence’s Spock persona begins to collide with buried emotions, old traumas, and fractured family bonds.
Told with sharp wit and surprising heart, In Search of Vulcan is a tragicomic, sci-fi-tinged coming-of-age tale about identity, healing, and the strange but hopeful places we go to avoid pain—and eventually, to confront it.
