• May December

  • Samy Burch
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  • 2020
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Market: Mon, 14 Dec 2020
ManagerGabrielle Lewis, Ben Rowe (Grandview)
ProductionGloria Sanchez
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
A famous actress goes to a small town to conduct research on a famous married couple that got together through a pedophilic relationship.
When an actress comes to interview a couple about the origins of their infamous relationship, they must examine the truth of the scandal like they never have before.
Film
Film, Female Protagonist, Character Study, Crime, Drama, Family, Romance, Dark, Movie Business, School, Erotic, Troubled Youth, Art, Love Triangle, Dysfunctional Family, Actor, Adolescence, Affair, Betrayal, Celebrity, Fame, Female, Filmmaker/Filmmaking, Fish-Out-Of-Water, High School, Home, Husband/Wife, Love, Marriage, Media, Pregnancy, Relationship, Secrets, Sex, Small Town, Student
100
R
Low
F
White / European
36
Attractive
Lolita (1962) American Beauty (1999) The Graduate (1967) The Piano Teacher (2001)
Present / A month
Camden, Maine / Suburban house / Small hotel / Windowless community center / Coffee shop / Hospital / Bridal shop / Pet store / Stockroom / Bar / Car / High school / Black box theater / Seafood restaurant / Football field / Soundstage / Swimming hole / Airport / The woods
In the kitchen, MARY tells her mother, GRACIE, that she is going to the roof with her friend. Gracie tells her friend, RHONDA, that the actress is coming.

In the backyard, JOE, the family’s father, prepares a barbecue.

ELIZABETH, the actress, arrives at a bed and breakfast in Maine. Then, she goes to the family house and meets Gracie and Joe during the barbecue. She meets Mary and their friends.

Rhonda urges Elizabeth to tell the couple's story right because they have been through hardship. She will star as Gracie in a film about the couple.

Back in her hotel, Elizabeth reads an old magazine that explains that Gracie got pregnant from a 13-year-old Joe. In his room, Joe replays a video of Elizabeth multiple times. He goes to sleep while Gracie is crying in bed.

Joe takes a picture of some butterflies and sends it to MICHELA, a friend from a Facebook group he's in. They have an intimate conversation. In a flower arrangement class, Elizabeth asks Gracie about her time in prison and Gracie does not talk about it.

At dinner, Elizabeth interrogates Gracie. She explains that she met Joe because he was a friend of her...