Jason Michael Berman

A woman renounces her womanhood to preserve her paternal lineage.

Act I: (Voiceover of a woman). The Earth's atmosphere has turned-not just heated by climate change, but turned to poison. The vast majority of earthlings remaining flee in 100's of "Exodus" rockets to a space colony near Io. Switch scenes: person rides up in an ATV with an oxygen mask. Closeup shows the face of a woman. She enters a subway area, takes unusual samples from standing water while talking into a recording device. Then she drives away; up, up, up above the clouds to what looks like an abandoned lab with large telescope. Act II: Everyday life of Sam, whose name is revealed when she writes a tender e-mail to Elon, who is obviously her love. Elon is at the space station near Io. He asks about Sam's father, and encourages her to get both of them on an Exodus flight to leave earth. Sam grows vegetables-note that plants may or may not be affected by atmosphere-and makes trips down to the Zone for samples. In her down time, she reads a mythology book she took from an abandoned library, checks her wind turbines and solar panels, and every day plays a cassette tape with her dad's voice intended as a radio broadcast. She also has a recurrent dream she has where she is standing on beach, breathing normally. One day she goes to the Zone and see a massive thunderstorm coming. She rushes to return to the lab, only to find the wind turbines and solar panels damaged, and her lab where she tests samples destroyed. The greenhouse is relatively intact. Another email from Elon tells Sam that Command is putting all its resources into a mission to transport earthlings to another star that is 10 light years away. The last of the Exodus transports will be leaving in four days. Soon after that, a balloon shows up at the station. Out of the balloon capsule steps a man. Sam is standing there, just watching. The man walks up to her and says very clearly that he is looking for her father. She says she is his lab assistant, that he is out on a mission and should return soon. They make introductions; his name is Micah. Now the survival activity is Sam and Micah's. He continues to demand to see Sam's "boss"; Sam keeps stalling. Eventually, Sam confesses that her dad is dead. Mid-Act climax. Sam receives an email from Elon. She starts by saying that her dad is dead. Elon responds with condolences and then life-changing news: he has been asked to join the star mission and he has decided to go. He says their love can remain across the universe even as he leaves to a destination that is ten years away. Again, he urges Sam to leave on Exodus. Sam is visibly upset. She behaves strangely, even seducing Mikah. Mikah tells Sam that he will be taking her with him. He charts out the balloon's trip to meet the Exodus mission. Later, it turns out the location has changed and they won't have enough Helium. Sam says she knows where some is in the Zone. They leave, balloon in tow, for the Zone to get fuel so that they can launch the newly-filled helium balloon from a city park. They get the helium to fill the balloon but Sam feels compelled to visit the final art exhibit that was installed in a museum in the Zone before they leave that she had alluded to earlier in the film. Micah reminds her that she only has one hour before they need to depart. Act III: Sam in the museum. When Sam does not return within the hour, Micah goes to the museum to track her down. The scene before shows her fascinated by the exhibits, yet her face is troubled. There Micah sees Sam looking at a painting of Leda and the Swan and she reads from the description beside of it but doesn't initially understand so she asks Micah to teach her the meaning. Micah outlines this classic Greek myth. Sam appears to understand how it applies to her and the future of the earth providing vision and hope to Sam. Sam tells Micah that she has been having the same dream over and over about lighting a flame that burns dark purple (indicates insufficient oxygen to sustain human life) but that she can breath this new air in her dream so rather than replacing her oxygen canister, she removes her mask and inhales. Micah catches her in his arms (his mask remaining in place). In the epilogue we learn that her prior conditioning was effective resulting in her ability to breathe this "new" atmosphere. She tells him she will not leave; that Earth can be saved. Epilogue: Sam standing on a misty/foggy beach with a Micah's child. Sam's voice over of email to Micah, encouraging him to bring people back to Earth as they can survive as she and her son have done and invokes recognition of her father quoting TS Elliott as to how we all come back to where we once started and its all new to us once again

Fed up with her life, Juanita leaves her grown kids behind and hits the road in search of a fresh start.

Daniel Lieberman (Jake Hoffman), Paul Halston-Myers (Jake Lacy) and Matt Walker (Sinqua Walls) grew up together. Now, living in NYC, they ride with Daniel on his way to propose to Erin (Heidi Gardner). Using his key to enter, he comes across a naked man at his fridge, and she comes out of the bedroom mostly naked, surprised to see him. In Poughkeepsie, NY, Carol Walker (Angela Bassett), Gillian Lieberman (Patricia Arquette) and Helen Halston (Felicity Huffman) meet every Mother's Day to commiserate their sons not recognizing the day and shutting them out. The mothers lament that they have been so much together, and still their boys cannot find time to share any of their lives with them. Gillian gives piano lessons to kids to be close to kids. Helen is too obsessed with her looks and image. Carol is hanging on to a large house in which she lives alone. Their boys were friends when they grew up together. Matt is launching a new sports magazine. Gillian feels that Erin is not right for Daniel. Paul stopped calling Helen when she married Frank (Damian Young). The mothers are tired of being ignored and call it sick, emotional, waterboarding. They coin the term "Otherhood" for their state. Gillian mentions swooping in on them, but then takes it back. Helen motivates them all to do a road trip to surprise them. Carol wants to get a hotel room, but Helen says that the boys can deal with their mothers visiting for a week. Carol is buzzed into the apartment by Matt. She finds a female undergarment on Matt's couch and immediately starts tidying up Matt's apartment. Helen loses her nerve and books a hotel room. Gillian tries at Daniel's, but as he doesn't answer also gets a room. Both Carol and Gillian call to report their progress, but Helen lies that she is staying with Paul. The next morning, Helen shows up at Paul's. When she introduces herself to his other gay roommates, she complains he never came out to her, although she always knew. Gillian also sees Daniel but is visibly resentful of the surprise. Daniel retorts that Gillian and her life, and he has his and prefers it that way. Gillian straightaway tries to set up Daniel with a Hebrew girl and says that Erin is not right for him. Daniel tells her that he broke up with Erin. Gillian gives Daniel Alison's number. The moms meet up to compare notes. Their talk motivates Helen to move out of the hotel. That night as she preps a meal for Paul's housemates Calvin (Mario Cantone) and Miles (Tim Bagley), his boyfriend Andre (Frank De Julio) tells her a lot of his insecurity comes from abandonment issues as, after her divorce, she never had time for him. She was Pre-occupied with dating, hosting charity events and was hurt after the divorce. When Gillian returns to Daniel's he's out, so she enters through an improperly closed window. He's gone out with Alison (Molly Bernard), a divorced Hebrew woman whose number Gillian gave him. He cuts the date short as she triggers his memory of his recent breakup. Daniel remembers how Erin cheated on him with her trainer, after he was prepared to commit his whole life to her. Alison tries to counsel Daniel that he has to let go of the past and move on. At dinner at Paul's, when Helen shares that he'd never come out to her, he says that he had with his father years ago, she gets upset. Paul says that Helen has a habit of taking some deeply personal for others and making it about herself. Once alone, he apologizes, but she gets upset all over again when mentioning his boyfriend's theory that his abandonment issues because of her. Matt returns home late at night with a woman named Angel (Elizabeth Cappuccino), whom he has been seeing for 4 months. Turns out Angel is 17 years old and is still in high school. Angel says that she came home with Matt as he promised her to make her a model in his magazine, but she was only a model for children's clothing so far. Matt is horrified and Angel leaves. Carol was hoping to have dinner together with Matt. Carol is shocked to learn that Matt doesn't work for a sports magazine, and the magazine is called "All Balls", which is an erotic magazine for men. The next night, Matt tells Carol he has a work party that night for his magazine, of which he is art director. Although not invited, they give Carol a makeover in Erin's salon. Erin tells Gilian that she is moving to LA in a week. Gillian apologizes for having been hard on her when she dated Daniel. The women accompany Helen to the restaurant where she is to have lunch with Paul, and he reveals he was sperm donor for lesbian friends. Upsetting her again, Gillian and Carol witness it. Carol crashes Matt's work party while Helen and Gillian plan to go clubbing. She gets drunk with Julia (Afton Williamson) (a woman who works in micro-lending) and when he sees her he tries to get her to go home. Instead, she calls the girls to go out. They live it up, getting pizza, going clubbing and dancing all night. In the morning, Julia stops by Matt's to leave something of Carol's. When Matt realizes she hadn't returned, he gathers Paul and Daniel and they find their three moms, nursing hangovers in Gillian's hotel room. Afterwards, the three go together to get presents for Paul's sperm baby. In the shop, the truth comes out that all three of their husbands cheated on the same weekend. Helen divorced hers, Gillian forgave hers and Carol didn't know about it. Helen blames Gilian for Daniel's failure. She alleges that Gilian put enough doubt in Daniel's mind about Erin that when he found one mistake, he completely gave up on her. Then each mama gets closure with her son. Carol tells Matt she is going to focus on herself for a while. Helen pushes Paul into giving her an address of the lesbian mothers. The lesbian mother recognizes Helen and confronts her. But she also agrees that as a Grandmother she understands what Helen is going through. The mother allows Helen to hold the baby. Gillian apologizes to Daniel about Erin, tells him how she'd forgiven his dad for infidelity and convinces him to go after Erin. Julia helps Matt to write the 10 things he knows about Carol, which he sends to her with a bouquet of her favorite flowers. She angrily throws out her deceased husband's fishing paraphernalia. Daniel catches Erin's moving van, offering to drive her to LA. One year later at Gillian's house in Poughkeepsie, before Daniel and a pregnant Erin tie the knot, Carol comes. She's with Matt who is dating Julia, on return from time in Europe after selling her house. Paul is also present with his boyfriend, the lesbian mothers who got his sperm and their daughter, Helen's granddaughter.

When lies, greed, desire, rage, selfishness, ego, etc. Begin to drive our lives to such an extent that some of us cross all the limits of conscience, ethics, and morality, and forget that 'THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM BAD KARMA.' A philosophical and supernatural anthology of four hard-hitting stories, each unique in its own way, but all intertwined with the common and universal philosophies of 'LIFE' and 'KARMA'. It explores the response of nature to the bad KARMAs created by human beings. When lies, greed, desire, rage, selfishness, ego, etc. begin to drive our lives to such an extent that some of us become blind and cross all the bounds of conscience, ethics, and morality, an unknown power of nature intervenes mystically as an equaliser. 'SAMANANTAR' means 'the parallel,' and that is what this picture is about metaphorically. When our 'BAD KARMA' reaches its maximum due to our evil and immoral activities, the unknown force of the parallel realm begins to eventuate. The film addresses major social concerns such as the "extreme psychological impact of unemployment," "insatiable greed and constant lies," "child abuse," and "behavioural irresponsibility as a result of extreme anger." It also targets the mindset and conduct of current generation in small towns and villages, where disregard for our elders is quite rampant. The film offers a strong message to the contemporary and morally corrupt section of society that that sooner or later, but 'THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM BAD KARMA'.

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