 The Jigsaw of Life is an emotional drama, and takes a poignant journey, exploring love, friendship, betrayal, anger, vengeance and enlightenment. The film is set over the course of Duncan s life. Duncan s childhood is shown from the arrival of his Step-Dad, Father Michael. Duncan s Mother, Faye, inadvertently allows them to get trapped in a suffocating atmosphere that slowly poisons them more and more. Duncan then moves away to University, where he experiences happiness for the first time, and falls head over heels in love with Clara. A close betrayal by his so-called friend, Keith, then starts a chain reaction that leads to him quitting University and losing all direction. Duncan makes a great friend at University, Lee, and he sticks with him through thick and thin, as Duncan tries to find some understanding and reasoning in the World. Duncan eventually comes face to face with Keith again, and their ultimate confrontation sparks the final climatic scenes.