When a kindly American male and an ambitious female Secret Service Agent assist a pregnant illegal immigrant at Christmastime, they all become targets of a wronged and vengeful cartel kingpin.

SYNOPSIS:

Ancient Mayans had a saying that when their gods seem temporarily powerless, you must take matters into your own hands. When ITZEL LUNA UCAN (24) is forced out of her village by a drug cartel BOSS (40s), she returns briefly to avenge the killing of her husband. She conks the Boss on the head and steals his cash, satellite phone, and smartphone containing his bank account passcodes. She sneaks across the U.S. border and stows away on a charter bus of immigrants secretly headed to the Vice President’s residence in Washington, DC. Stranded in the freezing cold at night just days before Christmas, a warm coat is gently placed on her shoulders by SEAN REGAN (24), who is smitten by her. Sean kindly invites her into his humble home, unaware that his troubles are just beginning.

Secret Service AGENT “ADDIE” HARRIS (30s), serving the Vice President, easily hunts down the one unaccounted-for immigrant from the charter bus. Seeing that Itzel is safe and comfortable, the Vice President decides to make this a PR opportunity, with Addie assigned to protect Itzel in Sean’s house. Addie is tantalizing Sean when Itzel drops her shawl to reveal she is 8 months pregnant. Itzel avoids being “processed” into the immigrant database by OFFICER PEREZ (50s) of the Border Patrol, afraid that the Boss will find her. Complications arise when everyone wrongly presumes Itzel is Mexican, the Vice President isn’t told about the pregnancy, and Itzel keeps stealing clothes and escaping.

Knowing that asylum seekers cannot have a criminal record, Itzel pushes the limits at every turn. She assaulted and robbed the Boss in her home country, brings stolen goods and money with cocaine residue across the border, and “borrows” a van to get Sean a Christmas tree in Washington, DC. Meanwhile, compassion leads to passion as Itzel and Sean fall deeply in love against the backdrop of Christmastime.

The stakes rise when the Boss is alerted about Itzel’s location and he sets out for revenge, hunting for Itzel in Washington DC. There are plenty of twists and turns in the cat and mouse game ending at a local park where Itzel has lured the Boss with his satellite phone. In an exciting showdown, Itzel details her intricate plan to prove she deserves asylum, traps the cartel Boss on U.S. soil, and professes her love for Sean in her ancient Mayan language. It turns out that love is love in every language.

A MOST UNUSUAL CHRISTMAS