Regent''s of Paris

Regents of Paris takes place in a struggling small-town auto dealership during the tumultuous week leading up to the annual Memorial Day salea week rife with doomsday warnings about the Obama Administrations corporate bailout of General Motors, and the week which will ultimately seal the dealerships fate. Paul Stengers thirtieth birthday is looming and selling cars is soiling his conscience, complicating his love life, and killing his songwriting ambitions. But Pauls problems pale in comparison to those of Jennylee Witt, a young mother navigating her workplaces rampant sexism, a chronically-ill daughter, a deadbeat spouse, and a crisis of faithnot to mention the wealthy local photographer with a penchant for cozy test-drives. Finally, Kent Seasons, the sales manager, has come to suspect his long-promised ownership stake is being stolen from him; worse yet, his teenage daughter has seemingly fallen for the suave owner of a rival dealership. In the cutthroat realm of the American car lot, even our most cherished dreams get the hard-sell, and nobody knows this better than those whose livelihoods hinge upon closing deals and sending rubber down the road. See more