A man resolved to move forward, and a woman determined to hide away, fall in love; unfortunately, the racial persecution he faces, and the scars she bears, threaten their future together.

Quarterfinalist, Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition 2024, Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2018 Quarterfinalist, Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition 2019 Quarterfinalist, Final Draft - Big Break 2019 Top 100 (Feature or TV Pilot), Table Read My Screenplay Competition 2021

SYNOPSIS:

Vincent, a rootless, young Hispanic ex-soldier embittered by a painful past, returns to his ostensibly charming, all-American hometown to lay his father's ashes to rest. Urged to take over the family landscaping business by his father's employee and friend, Salvador — who years ago entered the U.S. illegally — Vincent decides to settle down and start a new life on equal terms with his white neighbors.

Meanwhile, Christina, terribly abused by her husband and suffering from a miscarriage, hides away from the world in a basement apartment under the house of an elderly woman named Helen, who longs for her own lost opportunities of youth.

A relationship between Vincent and Christina develops by fits and starts into genuine love, but a happy future is abruptly cut short. Vincent's righteous reaction to continued racial persecution and Christina's desperate attempt to physically erase her trauma culminate in unforeseen consequences for all involved.

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WAITING FOR HAPPINESS