Los
Angeles, a city of over 10 million inhabitants, is fabled the world
over for a flashy landscape punctuated by the promise of fame and
glamour. But beneath the tabloid headlines and the flashing bulbs lies
a city whose people clamor every day to simply find a place for
themselves.
In Powder Blue, four people embark on different journeys that lead them
through the same place. A place where loneliness abounds and everything
wrings the heart, but where truths are revealed and human connections
are found.
Charlie Bishop, a former priest, has lost his faith and sets out on an
unspeakable mission. He struggles to free himself of his religious
training and ethical beliefs, which have become profoundly ingrained in
his physical and emotional existence. He loads two bullets into a gun,
and with fifty thousand dollars in the trunk of his car, roams the city
streets searching for someone desperate enough to pull the trigger in
exchange for the money. But even desperation is finite, and there are
lines that even those who live on the periphery won’t cross.
On the other side of town, a former hit-man drifts in an out of
consciousness on a city bus. Jack Doheny, recently released from a
twenty-five year sentence in prison, has just been diagnosed with
terminal cancer. Knowing that any breath could be his last, he sets out
to find redemption in a now unfamiliar world where the only familiar
things are faded mementos of a past love found through a young woman
named Rose-Johnny.
Like thousands before and after her, Rose-Johnny moved to L.A. with
dreams of becoming a screen star. But her dreams are crushed when her
son falls into a coma after a serious accident. She lives alone in a
motel and out of desperation and need, dances at a bar to cover the
staggering hospital bills. Her only prayer is that her son will awake,
and her only comfort is her beloved dog Rudy. One night, after another
awkward and unsuccessful date, she returns to the motel to find her dog
missing. Grief stricken and panicked at the thought of losing
everything, she combs the streets searching for her lost companion.
Meanwhile, Charlie the priest encounters Qwerty Doolittle, a young
eccentric mortician who spends his days helping the less fortunate in
their time of need. Qwerty’s unusual empathy and charitable
tendencies have put him in serious debt and in grave danger of losing
his business. With Charlie’s gun and offer of money, Qwerty
has a decision to make that could change his life forever.
Fate and synchronicity cause these four strangers to intersect through
extraordinary and serendipitous circumstances. Even in a city that
shatters dreams as casually as it fulfills them, fear and courage can
slip open a door to the one thing everybody in any city dreams of
finding… love.
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