REINCARNATION©
Original Screenplay
by Marilyn
Log line: Reincarnation is a surreal film that asks the
question, “why are you here?” Each character
In the film has a
moment when that is asked in order
to understand the
motivations of the characters who
are usually very
subtle undercurrents of the film.
Synopsis: Sandra is
an advertising executive who is dissatisfied with her life. She embarks on cosmetic surgery and laser eye
surgery, highlights her hair and comes back to work as a new person who is more
the image of the advertising world; she has renewed confidence. Sandra meets David at a local restaurant he
is an established lawyer who is out to ‘win.’ Sandra has not lost her bluntness
of speech nor her confidence in her inner sharp observer who now with the new
look is ‘present’ in all ways. David is a bout to embark on a journey of
learning what winning really is all about when he has a few ‘off’ days where
everything turns strange. He looses a case
finally, goes out to hit on women again can’t stand the life style, drives a
drunk old woman home from a bar who came intoxicated to pick up her drunk son
to end his evening of going home ‘alone.’ David realizes he can’t get enough of
Sandra’s eclectic humor and disarmed candor and falls in love with her.
Other advertising
executives that work with Sandra have interesting catharsis like Joyce who’s
eight year old daughter finally tells her she is a lousy mother and gives her a
list of things she does wrong. Joyce is
shocked however searches to find the answer to why she is here and what is
missing in her parenting. Meanwhile
Sandra and her co worker Mitch work on ad campaigns together having a ball over
product such as panty hose sharing unique design ideas from two different
perspectives.
Bruce another co
worker of Sandra’s is kidnapped and held in captivity for a couple of hours by
three thugs working for a competitor’s in the mouthwash business. He is
assaulted and finally set free after being harassed about if they are forcing
their competitors product off the drug store shelves in a lower chain of
stores. He denies any involvement and they finally release him. Later the story
unfolds revealing the Competitors estranged wife purposely sabotaging her
husbands business to get him to quit due to stress related health concerns she
has about him.
Vivien one of
Sandra’s co workers who is savvy and sharp and single for a long time and meets
Collin a car dealer at the gym who strikes her fancy over a possible card deal.
Phil wins a law suit
against the mouth wash company and takes his wife to Italy for a vacation.
Jinteng the ex
Buddhist co worker of Sandra tells a story of what made him leave his Buddhist
gardening and how he found the destruction of an old life so revealing he
became enamored of the advertising business.
All the characters
find answers to ‘why they are here’ by the end of the movie revealing a surreal
agenda that underlies the plot through the entire film.
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