david ruggeri

When forty-five year-old banker, James O'Brien, loses the only job he has ever had, he discovers a number of harsh facts: his age and educational limitations reduce his value in a tough job market where many companies are downsizing, he has lost the esteem of his wife, unemployment compensation is an inadequate and finite resource, and the only thing genuinely important to him is his children. His fifteen-year-old daughter is exquisite, but her beauty conceals the mentality of a five-year-old. Her brother, is a bright twelve-year-old, but too young to fully comprehend what is happening to his family Jim and his kids are so devoted to each other that when the physical and legal loss of his children is imminent, he decides to take desperate and extreme action to resolve a seemingly hopeless situation.