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Institute History

Description

On a random day in San Francisco, the lives of ten strangers mingle with and collide against one another, leaving each person forever changed. A troubled waitress, a desperate wife, a divorced father, a racist elder, a single mom, a playboy, a stripper, a vile construction worker, and two reformed alcoholics all play part in the multifaceted story that deal with sex, race, love and longing.

Jamie, an alcoholic waitress, has just aborted the baby she conceived with Rick, who's married—but not to her. They met at AA, where Marvin has been a counselor for years. Marvin's life is extremely organized, but his man-eating stripper niece, Danielle, is out of control. She gets chased by Reed, a penis-wielding construction worker, and dumped by her latest boyfriend, Michael, a self-proclaimed playboy. The only woman Michael has ever truly loved is his mother, Rosie, a lonely widow and unabashed racist. rose owns Chen Cleaners and has a heated confrontation with frequent customer Lydia, a newly-crowned mother of four children, left behind by her drug-addicted sister. Fearing she'll remain forever single, Lydia jumps at the chance when Dave, a divorced father, asks her out on a date. But the night is almost ruined when Mira, the babysitter, never shows up; Mira is possibly the worst driver in the city and ends up causing a horrible accident. By the end of this day, after their lives are jumbled and tossed, reshaped and reborn, these ten people are never the same.

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As you use our Online Archives, please understand that the information presented from Festivals, Labs, and other activities is taken directly from official publications from each year. While this information is limited and doesn't necessarily represent the full list of participants (e.g. actors and crew), it is the list given to us by the main film/play/project contact at the time, based on the space restrictions of our publications. Each entry in the Online Archives is meant as a historical record of a particular film, play, or project at the time of its involvement with Sundance Institute. For this reason, we can only amend an entry if a name is misspelled, or if the entry does not correctly reflect the original publication. If you have questions or comments, please email [email protected]