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Temptress Ariel is a love
story of two schizophrenics
who meet in a psychiatric
boarding home. The distant
yet sensitive Don falls
head over heels for a new
resident, the moody, free-spirited
Ariel. Don's infatuation
and Ariel’s manipulative
ways lead them on a journey
filled with the highs of
love and the sorrow of heartbreak
and betrayal.
Complicating
their relationship is
the fact that the two
free spirits who long
for an ordinary life are
mere prisoners to the
debilitating emotional
condition, which is part
of their ongoing struggle
to stay sane.
Don,
who is a model patient,
tells Ariel he is worried
about her not taking her
meds (or "cheeking"
as it is called) but Ariel
doesn’t
realize that her deception
and lies are only leading
her down a path of no
return. Adding to her
edgy lifestyle is Ariel’s
penchant for booze and
drugs, which only adds
to the lethal combination,
destined to lead her down
a path of self destruction.
After
their short, rocky courtship,
Ariel talks Don into spending
the weekend at her domineering
grandmother's who dispels
some of the things about
Ariel's past. Despite
warning from the Nursing
staff and the grandmother
not to drink – Ariel and
Don end up in a pub on
her insistence. When she
gets drunks at the pub
and loses control, Don
becomes worried that Ariel
is headed down the grim
dark road known as depression.
During
an outing to Stanley Park
Staff and Residents in
the Psychiatric Boarding
Home's van, Ariel “Joneses”
out (loses it), confusing
a policeman on a horse
with her ex-boyfriend
Stan riding on her horse
Teddy. She is taken to
a hospital by ambulance.
Don
is helpless as Ariel succumbs
to her slow self destruction.
His obsession and infatuation
with Ariel clouds his
judgment, forcing him
fall from grace and land
heavily alongside Ariel
in the same “Loonie-Bin”.
At
the hospital, Don tries
to rekindle their love
but finds great resistance
from Staff, who keep them
apart as they see the
relationship a hindrance
to them getting better
and going back into Society.
While Ariel and Don struggle
with their relationship,
the ghost of Ariel’s unseen
boyfriend, Stan, loom
large over their lives.
Stan, a career criminal
serving jail time, is
released on parole and
comes looking for Ariel,
who finds a way to escapes
from the hospital to reunite
with Stan.
Don
is left to ponder whether
Ariel’s love was genuine
or was she simply manipulating
him while she waited for
Stan to be released. Before
he can drift into severe
depression over her loss
– Don finds the strength
to go after her in an
attempt to save her from
the criminal and dangerous
Stan.
Such
heroic efforts seldom
end well as evidenced
by the many horror stories
in Vancouver’s infamous
Eastside. But Don and
Ariel’s story will remain
etched in the psyche of
viewers of two lovers,
for whom the white picket
fence and a couple of
kids was a always farfetched
dream!
Copyright
– BLUEBERRY STREET FILMS
2009
Blueberry
Street Films - #421 –
15380 – 102A Avenue, Surrey,
BC V3R 0B3
Raj Paul Dhillon
Tel: 604-880-3463
Email – director@blueberrystreetfilms.com
Website – www.blueberrystreetfilms.com
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