Borrowed Boy teaser synopsis
What do you do when
the one you love says no...and then the wrong one says
yes...
BILLY FRELAINE is a good-looking, well adjusted
fourteen-year-old boy with an attractive girlfriend named
JENNIFER. But Billy is confused and frustrated that she won't
let him get past first base with her.
At the mall, Billy is discussing the subject of girls with his
hormone-driven male friends, some of whom are more worldly than
him on the subject.
And then...
A mysterious and sexy twenty-four-year-old woman named IRENE
approaches Billy. Much to the surprise of Billy and his
adolescent buddies, the much older Irene suggests that Billy
share an ice cream with her and that they then take a drive
together.
Riding in Irene's (stolen) car, it slowly dawns on Billy that
they have traveled for a long time and that they have left the
city. Eventually they arrive at a rundown and isolated
farmhouse, inhabited by Irene's father RICHARD, a grizzled,
cynical alcoholic widower, who had previously molested his
daughter because of mourning over his deceased wife.
Irene is an obsessive and twisted romantic and Billy quickly
loses his virginity to her. But Billy soon realizes that he has
in fact run away from home. On top of that, he must also deal
with Richard's violence, pathos and manipulations.
Back in the city, an intense police detective named LANSDALE is
assigned to find Billy and his kidnapper Irene. But Detective
Lansdale has ghosts of her own and handles the case very
differently than she had planned...
All of the characters discover unexpected truths about real
life, morality, soul mates and themselves. Think Blue Velvet,
Brokeback Mountain, The Dreamers, Lolita,
American Beauty or Last Tango In Paris....the
road less traveled.
The screenplay Borrowed Boy is a page turner and has
many bizarre and thought provoking twists and insights. Although
it is a drama, there are many moments of black humor.
Enjoy.
Script by David Heller Karp
Script revisions by Michael
Karp
+61 468 962772 * mckarp@aol.com
Sample casting ideas:
Irene, Detective Lansdale, Richard
Borrowed Boy
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