Curtain Call

Vincent is spiraling down the drain,circling himself with no clue of what direction his life should take. He hasalready abandoned the woman he loved and their newborn child he never met,frightened of the responsibility of fatherhood. That's too much like growing up.But now, with nothing in his life but a barfly drinking buddy named Gaby Rocket,he's ready to finally fix himself and make things right. And that all startswith a bank truck heist . . .

But for Vincent, it's not aboutthe money. He sees an opportunity to do something noble and good in the midst ofthis crime: reunite the bank truck's driver with his estranged gay son, and evensecretly reward them both with half of the stolen money. Unfortunately, Gabyisn't completely on board with that noble end goal, focusing more on thetreasure that could set them up forlife.

As can be expected, things don'tgo as planned for anyone involved. Old ghosts and ingrained social mores pop outof every corner to complicate matters, not only in the execution of Vincent'sgrand Robin Hood plan, but in his and Gaby's lives as dyed-in-the-woolloners.

A character-driven crime thrillerin the proud tradition of Martin Scorsese and the Coen Brothers, where the caperitself is just the framework for an engaging and engrossing set of characterstudies, written by award-winning author Wilfrid Lupano and illustrated byDreamWorks animator Rodolphe Guenoden.


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