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Logline

An elderly couple’s deep bond is tested by the physical and emotional tolls of aging, leading them to find unexpected intimacy in the most awkward of moments.

Synopsis

Love is easy when everything about the other person is an exciting discovery. But when you’ve been married for 60 years, anything new or surprising about each other is a harbinger of worse things to come, and the love that is needed takes a new kind of strength.

Don and Sally (80’s) are the cliche “old married couple.” They’re short with each other and barely have any reason to talk. But there’s something new with Sally: she’s incontinent.She and Don are both pretending it’s not happening, burying the shame and dread of losing autonomy, and clinging to their familiar routine. But Don realizes that denial will only poison their few remaining years. So on a trip to the grocery store, he buys her diapers.

Sally hides the diapers, unwilling to face her current reality. Therefore Don puts on a pair and proudly wears them around the house. Sally screams, overcome by her embarrassment, so Don decides to pee in the diaper, right there in the kitchen. Sally’s fear changes to curiosity. They giggle about it like little kids. By walking towards their fear together, they release their shame and find their relationship renewed.
 

Meet the Filmmakers

Drew Marquardt — Writer/Director
Drew is currently the producer of the screenwriting podcast Scriptnotes with John August (Big Fish, Aladdin) and Craig Mazin (Chernobyl, The Last Of Us). His most recent short Act of War won multiple student filmmaker awards in the United States. He holds a BFA from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and is a recent MFA graduate of USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program.

Halley Lamberson — Producer
Halley is a producer and filmmaker from San Francisco, currently based in Los Angeles. She has led award-winning teams across art, film production, and interactive entertainment. She was a producer and writer of Lucy’s Life, featured in the 2021 Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier Program and a Peabody Award Winner. Her latest short film Saturn’s Return premiered at LA Shorts Fest. She holds an MFA from the USC Peter Stark Producing Program and a BA in English from Middlebury College.

Wei Dai — Producer
Wei is a Beijing-born producer with experience across both fiction and nonfiction storytelling. He produced the award-winning short Act Of War, which screened at several festivals, including the Academy-qualifying HollyShorts. Wei has held internships at Participant Media, Blossoms Entertainment, Eastgate Productions, and Matador Content. He holds a BS in Film & Television from Boston University and an MFA from USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program.

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