Linda Hunt

A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people. The film follows a $20 bill from its ATM birth to its eventual demise. Along the way, the note weaves in and out of the lives of a street person, an aspiring writer, a stripper, two thieves, and many others in surprising and inventive ways. —Don Porter <dgp@ee.wustl.edu>

Detective John Kimble must find a drug lord`s wife who is hiding to protect her son. Knowing only the kid`s school`s name, Kimble must go undercover as a kindergarten teacher!

A surprisingly resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist. Ruth is a wife and mother who tries to please her husband (Bob) but finds him pulling away and spending more time at the office than at home. When he begins an affair with a famous romance novelist (Mary) and leaves Ruth to raise their kids, she decides she's had enough of playing nice docile housewife. Ruth endeavors to show Bob and Mary the truth about themselves and each other, while creating a new successful life of her own. —Mia Holder The clumsy and overweight housewife Ruth Patchett is married with two children with the ambitious accountant Bob Patchett. She loves and tries to please Bob all the time, but when Bob meets the successful novelist Mary Fisher in a party, they begin a love affair. Ruth overlooks the affair, but when Bob's parents visit them to have dinner, she confronts her husband in front of his family. Bob decides to leave Ruth and tells that his assets are his home, his family, his career and his freedom. Ruth has breakdown and promises revenge on Bob, destroying his assets. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Trapped in a loveless marriage, with two kids, and a husband who aspires of climbing the social ladder by becoming an accountant to the rich and famous, the sad, neglected, and ordinary suburban housewife, Ruth, leads a miserable life. Unlike the fascinating heroines of her favourite love novels, instead, Ruth silently endures the pain of watching her spouse, Bob, indulging in a series of infidelities with the lustful and uber-rich romance novelist, Mary Fisher. Then, to make matters worse, Bob has the nerve to leave Ruth. Now, to get even, Ruth meticulously plans her revenge, bent on destroying the audacious lovers' pink dream. Do they stand a chance against a heartless she-devil? —Nick Riganas

A mother's love for her children leads to a son's revenge for her death in this dramatic thriller that begins during the Greek civil war. Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this. He wants to know why his mother was killed in the civil war years earlier. In a parallel plot line we see Nick as a young boy and his family as they struggle to survive in the occupied Greek hillside. The plot lines converge as Nick's investigations bring him closer to the answers. —Robert B. Young <youngb@tastemaker.com>