Subscribe- A coming-of-age/Comedy
Logline:
Sheltered his whole life by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is suddenly thrust into a world that doesn’t expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest for a job and true love, and he isn’t taking no for an answer.
Synopsis:
Luke, 23, is autistic and has lived a sheltered life with his grandparents since his mother abandoned him when he was 4. His world is suddenly turned upside down when his grandmother dies and both he and his senile grandfather are forced to go live with Luke’s uncle’s dysfunctional family. They have no patience with Luke or his grandfather and quickly put the old man in a nursing home. Luke is left with his grandfather’s final semi-coherent words: “Get out of the house more. Find a girl. Get a life!” For the first time Luke has a mission. He looks at his new family having a life around him and resolves to follow his grandfather’s words. He decides the first thing he needs to do in order to be like everybody else is to get a job.
Luke’s mission brings him in direct conflict with his uncle’s family. But little by little, instead of tearing the family apart, Luke starts to bring out the best in them. He gets his chance at a job through a supported employment program for people with disabilities and ends up as an office assistant at an internet marketing company where he meets Zack, an I.T. specialist with his own social disorder and who truly hates everybody, including Luke. But Zack holds the key that Luke needs to complete his mission: through his research of “neurologically typical” humans, Zack once pretended to be “like everybody else” and once even dated a “normal” girl. This is just what Luke needs since he has just fallen in love and needs Zack’s help to become “normal”. This is easier said than done and Luke’s journey is really about to begin.
*Participant in 2007 Film Independent’s Directors Lab*