ANTIQUE DEALER - SYNOPSIS

THE ANTIQUE DEALER©

Original screen play by Marilyn.

LOG LINE:  The Antique Dealer, with a Cameo appearance by The Alchemist's Laboratory character Claryssa, is a magical film about portals through time and the keys of wisdom that good sleuthing and perseverance beyond the accepted reality provides; magic and a grand destiny. (Reference for the antique furniture mentioned is the book; World Antiques, Hamlin publishing).

SYNOPSIS:  Richland is thawing from the violent accidental death of his wife; his long time companion who ran their antique business along side him.  Sharla his manager senses his pain and reaches out to him to pull him back to life and to help him get over the traumatic demise of his wife.  Richland is drawn to Sharla’s hidden mysterious side that drives her to the study of history and to glean answers long forgotten and lost in the antique world in much of the craftsmanship all over the world about symbols carved within the furnishings of the deep subconscious and its motivations of humanity and its evolution.  Richland reveals a private interest in these questions that his wife did not share being admired for pragmatism and business savvy amongst the greatest antique merchants.   

Outrageous discussions ensue with the clairvoyant Sharla who is falling in love with Richland as the days go by in the antique store as he gets over his wife’s death.  Sharla sees visions of St. Anthony the great in the desert and then dreams of the man and feels a foreboding of meeting the entity in the present in some form.  Andrea a wealthy, educated socialite is making herself available for a friend going through horrible divorce Charles who is at his wits end and buys a condo from her. 

Meanwhile modern conceptual design is manifesting itself; a new slate of new design that calls forth the future.  Sharla and Richland visit the studio and meet Malina and Liz who are ultra modern interior designers and they discuss the secrets unrevealed of the 70’s and what ultra contemporary smooth line décor really meant and how it relates to their business.  Revelations of hilarious proportions and startling insights ensue in the discussion of interior design and the heritage of history humanity inherited.

Sharla and Richland fall in love mutually and plan a buying trip to France the Loire Valley region to meet an enigmatic friend who contacted Richland with some furniture he desired to sell them.  The trip brings magical revelation about Bourges the ancient alchemy capital of France and Joquin an enigmatic master who is a fine craftsman of furnishings and also sells authentic antiques greets them.  Sharla and Richland tour the sights of Bourges and Paris observing interesting signs of ancient symbols of genetic lineages of the Royals present carved intricately on antiques and find the answers to why humanity is attracting Extra Terrestrial visitors.  Sharla gets over the shock of understanding a key Jonquin asked for before allowing them to purchase an item of furniture; an old chest with symbols to decode.  Sharla wears the dark cloak of psychic people manifesting; previously burnt and tried for witch craft and glimpses what lies beyond it when she and Richland meet Claryssa an ascended master who greets them and gives clues to the key they must find to purchase an antique chest from Joquin if they find the required key. Sharla and Richland find the information that reveals what humanity is as a possibility.   They purchase the chest and learn of Joquin’s other moonlighting activities in the future of antiques.