THE STAGE 32 LOGLINES

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COMATOSE
By Khashayar Abedian

GENRE: Adventure, Drama
LOGLINE:

An accountant opens his eyes in a luxurious dinner party not remembering anything about his past, but with the help of his old friend, he tries to make sense of it all, oblivious of the extraordinary events that are awaiting him.

SYNOPSIS:

As Kevin opens his eyes, he finds himself enjoying a magnificent ceremony, where he only

recognizes his old friend, Francis who explains that he is the CEO of a big brokerage house, and that

he has a very luxurious life. Then, a girl named Rachel joins him, whom we later find out is his wife.

Kevin is overwhelmed by the whole situation. It seems he has just woken up into some sort of

temporary oblivion. Next day, as the oblivion continues, he visits a psychiatrist to help him deal with

his new life.

One day, as Kevin is busy investing in a company called Utechman, an elderly man named Samuel

Brain steps into his office and advises him not to invest in that company. He rather persuades Kevin

to buy shares of company named Festino instead. He then leaves the office and puts Kevin in a state

of dilemma. Kevin finally decides to follow Mr. Brain’s advice which proves to be very lucrative, but

not without series of twists and turns.

One day after Kevin's success, Francis and he are busy going over a company balance sheet when a

childlike voice fills the air. This is when Kevin suddenly recognizes the voice. Kevin shouts his

daughter’s name, "Alice" with all his being, opens his eyes, and finds himself lying in a hospital bed.

He sees his daughter, Alice, his wife Jessica, and a couple of nurses. The head nurse tells Kevin that

he had been in coma for months due to a car accident. Kevin realizes everything was just a dream,

albeit, inspiring.

Kevin returns to his ordinary life. He is now fired from his job and has not paid his house mortgage

for several months. Furthermore, respiratory illness of her daughter adds heavy burden on him which

nearly drives him to the edge of insanity. Later, Francis proves his friendship by lending him all his

savings to help him get over his obstacles. But when Kevin is ready to go to the bank to pay off his

house mortgage, he changes his mind and decides to act on his instinct, so he invests all that money

on "Festino", a company Samuel Brian recommended while in coma.

Days pass, and there is no news of success as Festino’s stock falls to its lowest and Kevin loses his

only chance of achieving his dreams. Eventually, the bank confiscates the house. Jessica finds out,

leaves Kevin, taking Alice with her.

Kevin moves into a small apartment, and gets a job in a restaurant to make his ends meet. He later

meets a man named Murphy who through series of events finds out he used to be the man who started

Festion, and that Utechman had cheated him. This crucial fact will eventually be the demise of

Utechman and flourish of Festino.

COMATOSE

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