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BLUE BUTTERFLY

By Geno MARX

Drama - Development 2023

At twelve she lost her sight. At fourteen she won a landmark settlement. At twenty they declared her incompetent. Now, Becca Meadows is fighting back against the legal system that took away her independence and the Conservator determined to keep her money under his control.

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH-UNITED STATES
- Director(s)
- Geno MARX
- Writer(s)
- Geno MARX
- Producer(s)
- Harris TULCHIN (HARRIS TULCHIN & ASSOCIATES, LTD.), Holger CARLSSON (LITTLE W PRODUCTIONS USA)
- Synopsis
- INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY
  Blind, brain damaged, and locked under a Conservatorship, BECCA
  MEADOWS is a prisoner in her own home. With round-the-clock
  caregivers dictating her every move, Becca and her husband JEFF’s
  life is anything but ordinary.
  When TOM SCHMIDT, her Conservator, denies Becca an increase to
  her meager allowance from her trust fund, she finally snaps.
  Becca searches for a lawyer to take on her case against Tom and the
  Conservatorship. She is rejected by every law firm i n town until she
  stumbles upon GERRITY, an inexperienced but eager attorney who is
  willing to become her David against Goliath.
  In an impossible-to-win two-day court battle, Tom’s legal team paints
  Jeff as a jobless, homeless, opportunist a nd brings into question
  Becca’s competency. Becca soon cracks under the stress of the trial
  and retreats inward where she reconnects with her twelve-year-old
  self.
  This DOPPELGÄNGER, created in the gloomy Sinkhole of Becca’s mind,
  takes her on an emotional journey through her memories. Together
  they uncover the truth about Jeff’s motives, her mother’s role in
  Becca being locked under the Conservatorship, and the key to her
  freedom.
  But when Becca realizes her Doppelganger is determined to keep her
  in the Sinkhole, she climbs desperately back to reality and challenges
  the Judge on his ruling. After citing her rights as defined by the
  Americans with Disabilities Act, the Judge agrees to let her pick a
  new guardian.
  Becca emerges from the courthouse victorious. She now has the will
  to keep fighting and advocating for her freedom. No matter how
  3many years it will take.