While Brian is away at his college reunion, Monica prepares a charcuterie plate and gets ready to host Diana and Patrick. She gets a phone call from her mother in India regarding her father. Having been disowned by her family, she wonders if she should make a trip to India but is immediately rejected.

Meanwhile, Patrick and Diana have arrived, already a bit buzzed from the college reunion. Diana requests Brian to sing the song Brian used to serenade women with. As Diana reminisces about what could have been and her youth, Monica realizes that the song she thought was made for her was not that special.

Monica tries to keep her composure as the small talk continues. Diana, noticing this, begins to stir trouble. Brian, looking at Patrick for some help, tries to steer the conversation away from the increasingly tense night.

More revelations surface that prompt Monica to question the perceived perfection of their relationship. As societal expectations and peer judgment loom, Monica spirals out of control and Brian struggles to rein her in.

MONICA - First-generation Indian American and successful data analyst. She fell in love with her professor, Brian, during graduate school, leading to estrangement from her family due to their disapproval. That sacrifice and loneliness was buried deep within and eventually comes out in that one fateful night.

BRIAN - A tenured aerospace engineering professor at Harvey Mudd. Normally having a strict line between himself and his students, he didn't expect to fall in love with his star student. He's been married for 10 years to Monica and could not be happier. His best friend, Patrick, is married to his ex-girlfriend, Diana. He's not a big fan of Diana, but tolerates her because of Patrick.

PATRICK - A long-time analyst at NASA, he recently retired against his wife's wishes. Having had a stressful career, he wants to enjoy the rest of his life. He's best friends with Brian and is excited to see him at the college reunion after years. He is a bit envious of Brian (both for having a younger wife and the fact that he went into teaching) and reminisces.

DIANA - A long-time analyst at NASA working alongside her husband, Patrick. Always proud, ambitious and high strung, she is a bit resentful that Patrick retired but loves her husband very much. Her first love is Brian and she never quite got over the fact that Brian broke up with her and married a younger woman. When she sees that Monica and Brian are still together after all these years, she reminisces about her youth and what could have been.

• Our obsession with youth

• Age gaps in relationships

• Our inability to let go of our first loves

• Power imbalance and the #metoo movement

When Hollywood usually shows relationships that resulted from a professor-student relationship, the relationship is blatantly inappropriate. However, not all relationships are black and white. Our story is unique in that it shows a relationship where it is grey. There's NO abuse of any kind, however, could there be a power imbalance and if so, does it matter if they both love one another unconditionally?

Other burning questions to answer:

• How well can we really know our partners?
• Is love blind? Or is that just something we say when a relationship appears to fall outside of societal expectations?
• Does an age gap in a relationship necessarily imply a power imbalance?
• Why would a woman marry an older man?
• Why would an older man marry a younger woman?

Our goal is to have the film completed and ready for festivals by Q1 2025.

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