On this hot summer day a single mother navigates her messy divorce and a fling, while her daughters are left to forage for themselves, but when her lover and ex-husband unexpectedly collide, priorities shift leading to a surprising resolution.
SYNOPSIS:
LAURA and FEN are divorced but finding ways to make things work smoothly — for the sake of their girls. On this particularly hot summer day Laura prepares anxiously for a blind date with IAN an older man. Meanwhile, her young daughters, who are supposed to be spending the day with their father are roaming the nearby hillside picking berries and mooning passing cars. This doesn't go unnoticed by the unofficial neighborhood watch (feminist same sex neighbors) who have observed the girls and decide to whistleblow. Distracted by Ian’s passionate attention, Laura reaches the landline too late to hear her neighbors searing indictment of her parenting, but now her ex husband has surprised her and her lover. Caught out, Ian has to make good on his supposed interest in the vintage car Fen has advertised for sale, things get tricky and even dangerous as the men’s rivalry escalates. Laura and Fen's girls return triumphant from foraging and elated to find their dad has finally arrived. They mob him with love and homemade smoothies in celebration.
Deborah Goodwin has written for Emmy-winning and Independent Spirit Award nominated Producers, and for shows like the cult favorite horror series “Tales from The Cryptkeeper.” She is a Film Independent (FIND) and IFP lab (The Gotham) fellow, best known for her horror fable Vampires in Venice, (Marché du Film Cannes) and The Pastor, an action-drama released by Fathom Events and AMC. Deborah is a Sundance Institute Co//ab advisor and screenwriting professor at NYU/Tisch and Brooklyn College, recently she wrote and co-created the noir-crime series Hot Freeze, based on IP of the same title, the pilot sold to Canadian producer Nomadic (Fargo, Van Helsing, Hell on Wheels) Deborah spent a decade in development in Hollywood before getting traction as a screenwriter and independent filmmaker, selling her first animated spec and winning the Grand Jury Prize at Urbanworld Film Festival. Most recently - Deborah created and launched the scripted podcast/audio series Fear, A Love Story rated among the top 100 fiction podcasts in 2022 with over 78,000 downloads on Apple in S1 — 2022 - S2 —2023 and S3 2025 launched with an 9/10 on Amazon, now available on all platforms.
Outstanding Screenplays - Short Competition - Quarter Finalist 2024
Producer (The Moth) - Heather Colvin
DOP (Kindred) - Cybel Martin
Editor (Black Is King: A film by Beyoncé 2020) - Maria-Celeste Garrahan
Colorist (UN/Filtered) - Ayumi Ashley
