Genre - Mystery
Logline - When Hannah's son is kidnapped, her journey for the truth raises questions she isn't ready to answer.
I wrote this short over the course of a week for round 1 of the
NYC Midnight Screenwriter's Challenge (2009). The writers in my heat had to write a mystery where the subject was an egg (or eggs).
I was originally leaning toward a Da Vinci Code / National Treasure short featuring a Faberge egg, but I opted instead for something much more intimate.
This short features Hannah, a young mother addicted to heroin. It centers around the kidnapping of her young son, Max, and around her efforts to be a good mother while struggling with her addiction.
So where do the eggs come into play? What's the mystery?
Read on...
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