90 pages
Drama / Comedy
Comps: Bob and Carole and Ted and Alice, In the Mood for Love, Challengers
Synopsis: The most interesting part of their suburban lives is bi-weekly Bridge night. Marge and Tim and Janie and Paul are two married couples in their mid-fifties living in the Vermont suburbs. Neighbors and good friends for over a decade, the two couples have led mildly successful, extremely normal lives. Looking to occupy their minds and time, the four conceive of an elaborate, competitive self-proclaimed Bridge Club.
Riddled with regrets, curiosity, skeletons in closets, and unsown oats, the groups’ actions and conversations gradually veer into a charged, awkward gray area reminiscent of teenagers swearing for the first time. Before long, the line between their emotional responses to the game and those to their reality becomes blurry.
As their paralleled, simultaneous journey towards convincing themselves of fulfillment at this stage of life unfolds, the teams, perspectives, and romantic tensions among the group begin to shift, putting themselves in danger of their own conflicting desires and ambitions.
Bridge Club is an analogical exploration of life as a game, a longitudinal study on the effects of societal constraint, and the power of our innate longing for satisfaction.
PDF by request
natalieglawe@g.ucla.edu
Riddled with regrets, curiosity, skeletons in closets, and unsown oats, the groups’ actions and conversations gradually veer into a charged, awkward gray area reminiscent of teenagers swearing for the first time. Before long, the line between their emotional responses to the game and those to their reality becomes blurry.
As their paralleled, simultaneous journey towards convincing themselves of fulfillment at this stage of life unfolds, the teams, perspectives, and romantic tensions among the group begin to shift, putting themselves in danger of their own conflicting desires and ambitions.
Bridge Club is an analogical exploration of life as a game, a longitudinal study on the effects of societal constraint, and the power of our innate longing for satisfaction.
PDF by request
natalieglawe@g.ucla.edu