Beyond Reason Productions
April, a prostitute looking for a way off the streets finds a reason to love in the heart of a suicidal stranger looking for a reason to live.
The next three nights center around Leon’s diner, a refuge for the homeless, drug addicts, and prostitutes. A respite for weekend warriors and late-night partiers, and a haven for travelers looking for a connection, settling on a cup of coffee, a slice of pie, or an omelet, before the sun rises.
It's a hot night in the forgotten warehouse district . Another dead body is found. The killer is smart enough not to leave a clue. Even if he did, these are girls society has already thrown out. For April, a rogue sex worker, this night starts like any other night when the sun goes down on the city streets; with a cup of coffee and a cheese danish at Leon's Diner, and a slow dance with a friend who represents nothing more than safety when he holds her. Leon's Diner is the one bright spot in the dark night. A refuge for the homeless, drug addicts, and prostitutes. A respite for weekend warriors and late-night partiers, and a haven for travelers looking for a connection, settling on a cup of coffee, a slice of pie, or an omelet, before the sun rises. Coop, a stranger to these streets, shows up worn, tired, and wearing a suit. He sticks out like a martini in a beer bar. Three suburban teens, Zub, Wick, and Cupid stop into a bodega on their way to a rave at a nearby abandoned warehouse. April has a chance encounter with Coop. Coop rents a clean room in a dirty motel. His only possessions are a bottle of bad vodka, a gun, and a single bullet for a solo game of Russian Roulette. Enamored with April, Coop tries to find her. He waits at Leon's diner hoping for her return. She does not. Not tonight. Coop returns to his motel room for one bullet. One spin of the barrel. One pull of the trigger. Succeeding to fail, he lays down and sleeps through the day, only to start his overnight quest, again.
The weekend takes a turn. April finally meets Coop. It doesn't go as hoped for Coop. When he mistakenly tries to protect her from one of her clients. He gets beaten down. Zub, Wick, and Cupid, looking for some relief from the cacophony of the rave stumble upon a dead body in an alley. Ryan, a sex addict, works the streets, but not the way you may think. He's a high-school teacher who photographs the nightlife, documenting the forgotten. He lives on the edge of his sobriety by taking fetish photographs of the working girls, in his studio. Ryan learns his latest model, Mistress Marquesa; The resident Dominatrix, whom he was also tutoring, was just found dead. He falls out of sobriety and acts out. McCleary, the street-beat detective with a bad attitude, hunts for the killer, with some trepidation from his ex partener and now superior. Latigo, the ruthless pimp, and self proclaimed ruler of his one city block, hopes to find the killer before the cops. Latigo catches Coop in a compromised position with one of his girls, and asserts his domimance, educating Coop on who owns the streets. Tiffany, Latigo’s drug-abusing and emotionally unstable “top” girl, strings Ryan along in a questionable relationship. The affair creates a conflict between Ryan and Latigo. Tiffany attempts to make Latigo happy by grooming Cherry, a naive young runaway. But Cherry may also be a threat to Tiffany's position with Latigo. A long-standing feud with a transgender cabaret singer, Honee Sweet also fuels Tiffany's instability.
After the rocky begininng for April and Coop, they find common ground. Spending an evening looking over the city and talking, April realizes she has foundsomeone who listens to her. Someone who sees her. Someone who makes her feel again. April's effect on Coop is similar. Only for Coop, this frightens him and he runs. April realizes that Coop is running towards a bullit and rushes after him. April succeeds in stopping Coop and they spend the night together. Tiffany, on her way to her motel room, before the sun rises, is followed. The stalker pushes his way into Tiffany's room and attacks her. She struggles free, retrieves her gun, and fights off the attacker. Coop awakens first and sneaks out to Leon's to get breakfast for him and April Tiffany, blood pumping with drug-fueled rage, fear, and adrenalin, is spinning out of control. She runs to Leon’s Diner to find Latigo and tell him what happened. When she arrives, she sees Latigo in an embrace with Cherry. Irrational and clouded by anger and amphetamines, Tiffany pulls her gun and shoots into the crowd. A body drops. Sirens fade as the lights go down on the city streets. Just like every night before. Only this night... There is no Coffee or cheese danish. There is no slow dance. April found her reason to love, to live... and to leave.