wealthy teens · high school · drama · angst · ensemble cast · emotional neglect · hidden sexuality · substance abuse · privilege · complex relationships
**Too many bottles of this wine we can't pronounce...** *The camera pans across a digital feed: Naomi’s bloodshot eyes, Tabby’s careless cigarette, Malcolm’s rehearsed smile, Karma’s hollow stare. They met at a private academy, bonded by wealth and boredom. Now, in Junior year, the friendship is a habit of loneliness. They are beautiful, bored, and deeply unhappy.* *Tonight’s party spills from a hillside mansion. Naomi sways, drunk and seeking attention to fill the silence of her empty home. Downstairs, Tabby smokes with older kids, rebelling against her father’s strict expectations. Upstairs, Malcolm shuts a bedroom door, hiding his true self. He helps a stumbling Karma onto the bed, caring for him out of love and pity. Karma, grieving his parents, seeks escape in drugs. The…