AVANT GARDE SYNOPSIS

AVANT GARDE

-Marilyn 

LOG LINE:  Avant Garde is a stylish movie about the fashion world of avant garde its artistry on those outrageous people who wear it and about the psychology of crime.

SYNOPSIS: Elysia and Lauren two middle age successful designing sisters highly stylish who run the sought after design house Elements Design; a modern high tech look and feel to the haute couture avant guard clothing brings many unique characters into the design house for clothing. One such person is Scarlett a highly successful jewel thief who lavishes herself with outfit after outfit from the design house.  Her shy brother Christian an ex lawyer who was disgruntled with having represented a lying thief who got off with five million dollars banked decides to drive for her a stretch limo they use for the heists. He realizes he hates the life style of hiding their illicit source of income and wants out.  He meets Elysia while ordering clothes from her and falls in love with her. Christian’s relationship with his sister Scarlett is tense and unhappy with a growing desire to get rid of her in his life somehow.  Scarlett is afraid of letting anyone even friends into their circle for the risk it adds to their discovery so she is watching him like a hawk for any indiscretions driving him crazy.

Lauren meets Vince a young business man who has a causal relationship with her they begin to fall in love and she is surprised after her bad divorce how refreshing and charming the younger man is. He has a sailing accident leaving him in her care and they grow closer.

Alfred is the elderly buyer of Scarlett’s theft loot he takes it to Europe with fake papers of ownerships and sells it to wealthy customers. He also desires to retire travels to London for a sale and picks up a new rolls Royce for himself and wishes to buy property somewhere in Europe to retire finally with a good reputation among prominent families.

Scarlett increasingly suspicious Christian is having an affair sends a dead bird to him with a fake letter saying it is from his lover not ready to commit. He freaks and goes to Elysia presenting the bird in a box and letter only to find out she did not write it and finally he suspects his meddling sister.  Scarlett having killed Christians pet childhood cat drowning it in the pool due to her worsening allergies is still deathly allergic to cats. He picks up cats at local animal shelters and leaves them in the house for her to find.  She awakens and goes into anaphylactic shock. He saves her life and sends her to the hospital she reports him to a psychiatrist for the cat incident he lies they were delivered to the wrong address for a movie set. He plans to sue them. He gets off and asks the shrink to ask her if she sent the dead bird letter to him. 

Elysia is mugged by men dressed as geishas on the way to meet Christian for dinner. He accosts them and saves her life she is hospitalized in a coma he reads poetry to her till she wakes up and recovers to Laurens relief and Christians.  

Scarlett and Christian are at it again robbing another house together.  He spills the information to Elysia who knows why now he is unhappy in the situation.  She promises to stay with him if he quits and offers forgiveness.  He is relieved.  One more job to go and Scarlett drags Christian to do a heist worth a lot of money for their retirement.  He is scared a bit because he is breaking a promise things go wrong a neighbour sees him and the robbery is nearly flubbed then they get away with it. Alfred reluctantly buys the last loot and forged letters of love hit Scarlett to go to Paris to meet a retired thief because he claims an investigator is suspecting her so she can get away.  A plane ticket is sent to her from Elysia and Christian for her to go away. She flies to Paris leaving the house and Christian invites Elysia to live with him he gives her an engagement ring he bought for her and they begin a new life of no crime together.

Scarlett finds the letters to be false and meets Alfred in the Hotel restaurant waiting to meet Francois the mystery lover who apparently invited her to Paris and he is nowhere to be found. Alfred tells her to accept her new life anyway in Europe away from the life of crime and she emotionally agrees finally breaking the facade of the total bitch.

Elysia and Christian celebrate happiness in bed relaxing in their home together and Scarlett is seen in an apartment in Paris overlooking the streets in the final scene.

DEVIL'S TRIANGLE - SYNOPSIS

DEVIL’S TRIANGLE

- Marilyn 

LOG LINE:  Devil’s Triangle is a movie about the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle solved and how fears really are the delay in progress of society.

SYNOPSIS:  Lawrence an older archaeological and marine explorer and Maggie educated in same join Marcus and Jade young marine explorers on an expedition to the underwater Cuban City in the Bermuda Triangle area of the ocean to discover what is there.  Levi and Derek two young student graduates of archaeology and marine study join them as crew for the underwater submarine dives.   Diving 700 meters under the sea in mini round subs the crew discovers the ancient pyramids discovered under the ocean.

Andromedans arrive and show them holographic information as well about the ancient past. Meanwhile on the mainland various private Egyptian arifact collectors are perused in the story line for these artifacts have been in circulation for thousands of years from tomb robbers loot sold. The crew begins to have déjà vu about white blasts and unease and dreams of planes and boats disappearing.

Gold is found in one pyramid beneath the sea though later the crew finds it is irradiated from radiation fallout from atomic bomb tests at Bikini Island near by the Bermuda Triangle.

Jade has a theory that the psychic information that is present in ancient sites and read by humans model is what is occurring at the Bermuda triangle when boats and planes pass through the area because some of the area affected blasted to it spewing radiation causing an anomalous field. People are seeing a white haze and feeling turbulence often sailing or flying through the area. The crew decides to sail closer to Bikini and meets Angela and her husband who are having a terrible episode of confusion returning from the area as well on their sail boat. The crew rescues them on board to stabilize however Maggie and Jade get the shakes and illness from the strong psychic information of atomic blasts that lasted for twelve years during World War II devastating ocean life for miles. The crew finally makes it out of the area back towards Cuba and find the theory plausible of Jade regarding the problems crews have had in flight and sailing through the area. 

Marcus does a last dive alone on the way back to Cuban mainland and discovers a gold sun artifact beneath the ocean.  He hauls it up and they return to the mainland with it. 

On the mainland the crew is staying at a local hotel in preparation of attending the Artifact Society to register their finds. Thieves break in to the hotel room and steal the bag of artifacts. The crew go on a hunt to find them while they wait for police to take action slow as usual and they have one picture of a man with white sunglasses and jeans watching them in the lobby of the hotel checking in that seemed out of place. Their suspicion as they make their ways through the eclectic streets of Havana and back alleys where they find three gay men who are partying at gay bars the thieves.  Levi and Derek posing as a gay couple meet them at the end of the night and make an appointment at ancient art collectors to meet them the next day. 

The crew poses as gay people and go to Matt’s apartment one of the gay men who stole the artifacts: they pose as buyers.  They meet over party jokes and drinks and Derek pulls a gun on them demanding the artifacts back.  They succeed and run out of the building with their loot recovered. The gay thieves angered plan on going back to dealing E at the bars to survive.

Back in town the crew visits the Artifact Society and is successful to get permission to bring back the finds to the USA for not for profit research based activity. One of the society’s heads found compassion for them after the whirlwind story of discovery theft and finding the items.

Back in LA the crew dine on a stop in a limo ride from hell with an old driver who keeps falling asleep at a local restaurant and see a vision of innocence against the ravages of a fear based society fighting stress daily; children playing.  A scene reveals a final message for humanity about our challenges and opportunities around us the film concludes in a poignancy and celebration of friendships.

DEVIL'S TRIANGLE - CAST OF CHARACTERS

DEVIL’S TRIANGLE

- Marilyn 

Devil’s Triangle is a picturesque film featuring some sequences in eclectic Havana streets with retro flavour of the colourful fifties. Basic, sporty, marine wardrobe for the crew is suggested with natural, healthy look of hair and makeup.  The thieves scenes are like retro avant garde re Matt and friends who are in the gay scene of dated bars yet young with some personal style in worn, old apartment setting that they made look stylish as that.  Cinematography in an older setting slowed down for example capturing fresh faced characters and aged is the idea no cheese except Matt’s white fetish sunglasses suggested by wardrobe. Cuba has dated looking, slightly worn middle age to elderly population: those characters may dress accordingly hair clothing and make up.

CAST OF CHARACTERS

LEADS:

LAWRENCE – Aussie male, 50’s, rugged, attractive, fit, sense of humor, caring, compassionate, keen observer, sensitive, loving, determined, slightly frenetic when animated, sarcastic wit, relaxed; dress marine causal; partner of Maggie marine diving expert and archaeologist.

MAGGIE – Caucasian female, late 40’s to 50’s, fit, slender, attractive, vivacious, slightly frenetic when animated, sarcastic wit, keen observer, introspective, loving, loves to laugh, loyal, passionate, dress marine casual; partner of Lawrence marine diving expert and archaeologist.

MARCUS – Male, 30’s fit, attractive, intense gaze, sense of humor, serious, focused, affectionate, determined, adventurous, dress marine casual; Oceanographer interested in artifacts and love interest of Jade.

JADE – Female, late 20’s to early 30’ attractive, ethereal look, fit, slender, introspective, keen observer, slightly moody, psychically gifted, adventurous, passionate; Oceanographer interested in artifacts and love interest of Marcus.

PRINCIPALS:

LEVI – Male, early 20’s, lanky, cynical, keen observer, athletic, sarcastic wit; dress marine casual; Oceanography graduate and crew member.

DEREK – Male, early 20’s, fit, intense dark good looks, serious with sarcastic wit, athletic, focused and determined, overcomes obstacles and adversity well; Oceanography graduate and crew member.

FREDERICK – Male, 50’s, average build, elegant business dress, friendly, slick; artifact business middle man; Kelly’s love interest and boss.

KELLY – Female, 30’s attractive, slender, friendly, cute, warm smile; business dress feminine; Frederick’s secretary and love interest.  

NAMAIL – Arab male, 50’s, fit, elegant looking, quiet demeanor, focused, professional, polite, friendly, Dubai style business dress; dealer of artifacts for sale.

GARTH – Scottish male, average build, 50’s, warm, friendly, slightly calculating, business dress; buyer of ancient artifacts.

ANGELA - Hispanic female, 40’s, slender, attractive, friendly, slightly mysterious, animated fear, alarmed dress casual; swim suit and sarong with shirt and hat; wife of Felipe fellow sea woman on a trip.

FELIPE – Hispanic male, 40’s, slender build, warm, friendly, animated, alarmed; dress casual in swim shorts, T shirt and hat; husband of Angela; fellow sea man on a trip.

SARAH – Caucasian British female, 60’s, slender to average build, friendly, polite, loyal, elegant casual clothing; wife of Sir Harding. 

SIR HARDING – Caucasian British male, 60’s, average build, cool demeanor, observant, established, elegant casual attire; husband of Sarah; private artifact collector.

MATT – Male, 30’s, gay, effeminate, sensual face, mock ingénue, slender, tall, sarcastic humor, flirtatious, dress white jeans white sunglasses on top of the head; thief and drug dealer.

ROMEO – Hispanic male, 30’s, gay, dark god looks, fit, intense, serious, flirtatious, dress dark denim no shirt or tank; Matt’s love interest and friend; thief and drug dealer.

NICK – Male, 30’s, gay, fit, guy next door look, friendly, sense of humor, dress casual; frayed leg paler denim and T shirt; thongs; Matt’s love interest and friend; thief and drug dealer.

RECEPTIONIST – Hispanic female, late 40’s, friendly, efficient, dated business dress and look; secretary at the Archaeological society.

MANUEL – Hispanic male, late 50’s average build, friendly, empathetic, wise; dated business dress and look; head of Archaeological Society.

HAILEY – Caucasian female, age five, blond hair, slender, cute, friendly, dress casual; sister of Jill playing outside restaurant. 

JILL – Caucasian female, age five, blond hair, slender, cute friendly, dress casual; sister of Hailey playing outside restaurant.

ARRIVAL OF THE END OF TIME - SYNOPSIS

ARRIVAL OF THE END OF TIME

-Marilyn

LOG LINE: Arrival of the End of Time is a first film from a series about reorganization of energy of ‘Armageddon prophecy’ put in its proper place and the emergence of real angels found in humanity.

SYNOPSIS: Marilyn a real ascended master lives in a condo in Los Angeles near good shopping and meets Daryl her next door neighbour a young attractive male who visits her and converses about the problem with consciousness stuck in LA regarding where are the adept masters in the City of Angels?

In a small Italian town a scorpion manifests mysteriously beside a catholic woman praying it bites her and she dies as a series of ominous phenomenon begins in the small town affecting its worshippers of the Catholic Church.  A woman is later visiting the local church and the Virgin Mary statue begins to emit bees out of its eyes they swarm and sting the screaming woman to death. Meanwhile in Los Angeles Marilyn is getting deeper into the problem of the ‘stuck wings’ of humanity identifying the causes of the lack of immortality happening in the population.

Daryl finds her intriguing and loves being around her phenomenon she can produce.  Daryl has a job at as a manager at a local prestigious tennis club where he meets Lyle a business man from out of town selling vacation properties to invest in with 100k profit a year for 10 grand investment. Daryl is cautious but intrigued and takes his card.

Kevin a 16 year old neighbour of Daryl’s is stabbed by a thief who robs him and leaves him bleeding against their condo building Daryl finds him and takes him to Marilyn’s suite.  He is bleeding and she heals his side from the bloody stab wound with no scar visible.  Kevin is amazed and grateful he befriends Daryl and Marilyn and they visit to discuss life and the gifts of masters who are adept.

Andromedans visit Marilyn Arixan one male who is watching the course of events over Earth wither after her ascension.  They discuss the changing phenomenon in Italy regarding bees and other tidbits Marilyn appears to know a lot about.

Meanwhile the Vatican is sued by governments who are furious for escalating poverty in overpopulated areas where the church has banned birth control devices. The pope sits in Italy with his lawyer and signs paper to pay for birth control clinics from fanatical induction of worship that has resulted in a lack of use of contraceptives and over population in several countries.  The church doctrine has been found as dangerously fanatical towards promoting poverty in children and families of such countries mentioned and money has been demanded.

In the small town of Italy an earth quake has destroyed the local church it has fallen totally to the ground. Bats have appeared chasing down the town’s people and this is followed by rabid dogs.  Gianni a junior priest who works with Father Angelo is chased down by rabid dogs he slams the door and decides to relinquish Catholicism and vacation to LA to see his cousin Gillia.

Marilyn has adopted a kitten named Jonesey who she jokes is the new man in her life.  Nikki and Marilyn spend a day shopping and then go to the beach to relax followed by dinner and the bar into the wee hours together to get out and socialize.  They have a great time and return home by a private bus flagged down by the girls at 3AM up from Manhattan Beach.

Lyle is seen more suspiciously as he sells up a storm of investments and Daryl having some trepidation about him declines the opportunity to invest.  Lyle skips town and is no longer available shortly after having ripped off investors.

Daryl is practicing what Marilyn taught him on how to raise his vibration to a higher hyperspace he practices as she keeps tabs on Italy with the andromedans.  Meanwhile Gianni arrives in America to his cousin Gillia’s she’s a young mother of two and he is staying with her with the plans to find a wife to emigrate right away.  He commences dating several women bumps into Marilyn finding her familiar realizing her eyes were upon him the day of the quake in Italy when he saw an eye looking in on him during it; he finally meets the eyes of Marilyn who was the entity peeking in on him.  He is amazed by her and leaves her and Nikki on a walk (he is with Francesca however he bumps into a previous hot date Sandy who kisses him competitively seeing him with another woman then Francesca kisses him possessively ) wondering more about her in the back of his mind.  He finally meets Leslie who he proposes to and she accepts his hand in marriage.

Daryl has begun to experience metamorphic proportions of his merkaba practice and his back has begun to unfold like Marilyn’s into the beginning of wings.  She shares advanced information with him about alchemy of transformation of the divine that new age and religion failed to produce with incomplete teachings that never completed the decoding of the divine human awakened to a god and explained why it has been so even in the City of Angels unrealized.

Kevin learns from Daryl the merkaba of Marilyn and after seeing Daryl disappear off the sofa he begins on the practice as well.

A museum exhibit of clocks intrigues the gang and they attend Marilyn stops all the clocks and teleports through the museum with Daryl and Kevin in tow astounding the patrons.  They leave quickly after she announces her event she is holding in the near future where they can attend to learn about stopping time and alchemy.  Patrons are distracted touring the display and see manifestation of blue morpho butterflies appearing as a symbol of great things to arrive; Marilyn’s event.

Vatican City is struck by an earthquake the Vatican finally falls as a symbol of changing times away from spiritual hierarchy to personal realization of great inner powers of immortality emerging in the world.

Daryl and Marilyn share a sunset together at the end of the film and share a kiss in luminous brilliance.

  

KARMIC GURU - SYNOPSIS

KARMIC GURU

-Marilyn

LOG LINE:  Karmic Guru is a black comedy about a yoga instructor who moonlight’s as a karma lifting guru.

SYNOPSIS:  Ken sits at his altar of incense and declares he is to become Karmic Guru a karma lifting near super power.  He will be available to serve the people who are karmic phobic victims in their own lives and relieve them of it for ten thousand dollars.  He is married to his college sweetheart Cindy and they run a yoga studio together Ken and Cindy’s Yoga. It is suggested ET’s are not welcome in this movie as Ken waves some hovering above his house away as he enters returning home. Ken finds his first client for his new services Leslie who has five phobias to cure.  The nature of the phobias is so ridiculous that Ken sets up a laboratory of gags in the spa room of their facilities.  Leslie relaxes on a treatment table and suddenly cold water sprays on her from the sprinkler above Ken covered with mud from self administered mud therapy slugs mud at her also to get her to loosen up and tell him what is behind her phobias by invoking pure rage in her.  He encourages her to scream at him he kisses her she finally screams five curses around the phobias including fear of cottage cheese he has thrown at her. Leslie cannot believe what has happened she’s raged, screamed and is finally cured of her phobias.    

Elated Ken is on a roll with more people interested in his karma lifting services.  He attracts Lance who is afraid of heights.  Ken receives another ten thousand dollars to cure Lance. His therapy involves taking Lester to a nearby bridge where they sit face Lance’s terrible fear finally Ken plunges himself and Lance into the water below.  Lance is saved by Ken is dragged to Ken’s sister’s party after this ordeal where they get dry clothing and sit over drinks.

Ken finds Cindy smooching Fred his yoga instructor in practice for better intimacy with his new flame Geraldine.  They debate the topic and Ken is looking forward to his date with his girlfriend.  Fred has a great date with Geraldine they fight over how to spend the evening, he wanted to listen to music she to watch a crime show they settle on making out on the sofa.

Ken meets Rhona who is afraid of failure he treats her with total freedom of saying anything she wants in job interviews.  She applies for floor manager of a busy fish shop and meets Danny the romantic owner who likes to flirt with women.  After a series of bad jokes ending with the clinic next door where shoppers who are pregnant can go for their medical appointments Rhona decides she is cured of the fear of failure.  Ken is amazed.

Sam meets Ken a young man burned in a horrible fire as a child. He tackles fear of strangers playing a crook with a ski masque on as a gag with a visit to his reclusive widower neighbor Alice. They surprise her with balloons and a cake to say, ‘this is your year anniversary of sitting in this chair watching TV alone.’ Sam realizes his life is not so terrible a surprises can also be joyous not always terrible like house fires. Sam is a cured success also.

After a joyous idyllic time with his wife and the successful yoga studio Ken meets Alison a pragmatic business woman’s wife who has fear of ET’s.  Ken decided to take her to an old dive hotel in a shady part of town where there is tons of crime and ET surveillance.  They sit drink Bloody Mary’s shooting begins outside the hotel and they witness a robbery inside as well at the bar!  ET’s intervene and disable the robber; he falls to the ground after robbing the cash box at the bar.  Cops arrive and get the perp.  Alison and Ken leave the blood soaked premises outside the hotel in a cab and return home Alison is cured of her phobia deciding crime is worse.

Geraldine and Frank heat up deciding to marry in Vegas.  Cindy decides to plan a holiday for her and Ken soon to Wimbledon.  Meanwhile another client shows up for Karmic Guru therapy Peggy who is afraid of time after a car crash on the way to pick up dry cleaning at the last minute before they close. Ken stages a ware house filled with watches to demonstrate to Peggy how time runs you if you allow it. One experience he gives her is a walk on a tread mill holding a watch timing herself as she hates exercise to make the point followed by an activity he likes which creates ‘timelessness.’  She survives the wild labyrinth of the trappings of the mind and finds herself freed from the ‘fear of time’ taking over her life.

Finally Ken is faced with the ultimate challenge Lewis who hires him to get rid of his karma from a murder he committed; he shot his boss and stole money that was to go into the company account. Lewis sweats over bad dreams and wants a clear mind on his vacation to the tropics so he hires Ken to cure him of the bad dreams. Ken finds out Lewis’s boss he shot had discovered him as a new sales talent.  Lewis feels guilty about this so Ken has a solution.  Ken takes the ten grand and drives Lewis to a high way.  They park in the rest area and discuss the murder to get it all out. Ken asks Lewis how it felt to shoot his boss and if he could hear his heart beat ebb till he died.  Lewis begins to lose it.  They go for a walk along the high way and talk. Lewis relives the murder hears his bosses heart beat in his brain as he’s running from the crime scene; relives his boss smiling when he first hired him and cracks jumping in front of a truck on the high way.  Lewis is instantly killed by the accident he’s been in committing suicide.  Ken returns home is somber and realizes with Cindy he helps Lewis get rid of his karma for the murder early in this life.

Ken and Cindy book Wimbledon and sit at the game holding hands enjoying life and their mutual success.    

MIND UNDER MANAGEMENT - SYNOPSIS

MIND UNDER MANAGEMENT

-Marilyn 

LOG LINE:   Mind Under Management is a drama with humor about news paper reporters and their evolution with the changing times of both odd human behaviour captured and Extra Terrestrial Engagement.

SYNOPSIS:  Quidley a state paper reporter catches wind of ET’s filling a salmon run with fresh fish. He convinces his boss to let him write a story on it. His young girl friend Amanda leaves him after her refuses to loan her money after making a scene in the middle of the street.  He returns to work to forget about the incident and get his life back to normal. Quidley attends a mundane dinner with his ageing parents who are non committal to supporting his journalism evolution about ET’s.

He gets a story on a murder which creates more grim circumstances to ponder rather than helping him to lighten up and then one day during a rain storm he meets Kylie they warm up from the bad weather.  And exchange numbers to see one another again. 

Kylie struggles at her legal job with a boss who’s out to lunch too much for her taste causing humiliation for her and the firm employees at meetings. She shares her frustration with Quidley who is encouraging about whatever she chooses as they spend more time together.

Meanwhile Quidley’s father dies and he refuses to attend the funeral hating funerals in general.  His family attends and tells him it was a basic somber event.  Quidley meets Alison another journalist she reveals an ET event on a highway by a field where people stalled in traffic some in rage were tranced out by hovering craft; her story for her paper.  Complications unfold as one of the passengers who got out of the car a woman and took her blouse off exposing herself.  A man took a photo of it and posted it on a dating site as himself wanting to meet women. Alison gets the story brought to her by the woman to find him as the police is too slow to act and her husband’s friend gives her the tip. She catches the perp luring him as a possible date and finally lies she is a cop and makes him take the photo down. Quidley acts as a spy to make sure she is fine during all this.

Quidley sees Rick his co worker go through a near identity crisis as he’s taken off light hearted stories and given a kidnapping of a young woman in a shady part of town.  Quidley heads to a new car exhibit for an easy assignment. Alison and Quidley finds more ET stories surface; his old friend Keith visits from up state and his daughter and wife are with him after engagement by ET’s back home he is perplexed about.  Keith asks Quidley for his advice about the occurrence and then finds the answer to the engagement himself that included bringing his travelling wife and himself closer to their daughter who is now attending college.

Alison is given a story by Quidley as he is swamped it is about children spying on ET’s spying on an architect building a new house of supreme technology. She follows the kids who the journalist was originally tipped off by their dad because he wanted to know why they were disappearing after school for hours late for dinner. She finds them spying under a tree on a bluff overhang where the house is being erected. She captures the best shots of huge spacecraft ever taken by a journalist. 

Alison spends time with Quidley strategizing getting a release signed for the photos for her story by the architect finally she interviews him to include him getting the release. Kylie quits her job as Corbin is driving her nuts and meets a new law firm owner who drops a jar of mayo in the middle of the shopping isle.  They scrutinize each other and chat and find a job interview has developed from the encounter of a strange kind.

Closing scenes of success in work endeavours end this delightful and intriguing tale of investigative journalism prowess.

JACK DANIELS MAN - SYNOPSIS

JACK DANIEL’S MAN

-Marilyn 

LOG LINE:  Jack Daniel’s Man is a story about a man Jasper who lives a comical wife of debauchery and drinking moderately however regularly to get him through the day till he Meets Maryanne.

SYNOPSIS:

Jasper nips Jack Daniels all day he has bottles at home stashed in strange places.  He finds he has no care for the regular life and breaks all the rules getting away with it most of the time with his charm and great insight into life. The plain, waify ugly duckling Maryanne meets Jasper and finds out about his infidelity from him after one night with him.  She goes away deciding she must understand this man through her attraction to him abated and decides to get five men going for affairs to try out his lifestyle.  She takes notes and learns she is evolving in understanding of all this infidelity and experiencing men the way some do women fast and then she’s out of there. Jasper is taken with her bravery and experimentation with the dating scene.  He finds her refreshing to talk to as he lives the same life style.

Gill is an Italian traditional male who has a good time with Maryanne and wants to marry her or his dad threatens the boys if they mess around with women and are dishonourable.  She falls for him initially as he is so devoted to her then he begins to give her the creeps as she gets to know the family’s stubbornness to have their way.  She seeks the friendship of Gill who advises her to be cautious with Gill and to watch out for control tactics.

Maryanne finds evolution at Susan’s dresses shop as clients are disgruntled with white wedding dresses as the main selection for the bride. Gill finds his mother gives him advice to knock up Maryanne and to marry her and she takes Giovanni who has a tendency to get into fights and Gill to a knitting class to make baby outfits with her for future children arriving.

Gill slices through a condom pack and she rushes to the hospital for a pill to avoid pregnancy.  She takes a break from him and sees Jasper who has a girlfriend break off their affair to make her marriage work.  Mutually their love lives are slowing down and he decides to spend more time with Maryanne.  One night they stand outside during a storm he is hit by lightning under a tree ends up in intensive care.  Maryanne is by his side and he comes out of his coma and returns home a few days later. His life is changed as he was shocked into a new perspective and calm relaxation under stress like the booze gave him. 

Jasper tosses Jack Daniels bottles into the garbage and finds he’s happier with a basic martini on occasion. 

Maryanne confronts Gill and leaves him and all her other boyfriends.  Jasper stops returning the girls calls. He and Maryanne spend more time together and realize their intense conversations have led to a deep love and respect for one another. Jasper contemplates his future and Maryanne sees Susan go through a catharsis at work changing the dress shop look to wild display of colorful wedding dresses obliterating traditional white.  Malcolm his partner embezzles his money away from him trying to take advantage of the happy go lucky mild drunk he believes he can fool and his act ends in disaster.  He makes a getaway attempt to the tropics to buy property in Switzerland and is caught by Giovanni by accident when he runs over his expensive Italian shoes with his luggage cart and gets flattened. Alerted by Jasper who sees his partner leave his house with luggage in the morning, the police apprehends him at the airport flattened laying unconscious.  Jasper and Maryanne enjoy a celebratory dinner after the recovery of his money by the authorities.