Henri Esteve

A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

Ever since getting off a prestigious cable television series, Frank Cooper has been coasting through life distracting himself with women, booze and blow, while auditioning to play stereotypical gang members and drug dealers. But the minute he meets Mali Waters, a sports agent living for the present, his whole world changes.

A man is found floating lifeless in a suburban couple’s pool, and nothing about the story adds up. In separate police interrogations, their conflicting accounts twist and fracture, revealing a Rashomon-like web of deceit, buried desire, and long-denied truths. As the night of the shooting replays from shifting perspectives, a tale of love, loyalty, and betrayal slowly surfaces — darker and more disturbing than anyone wants to admit.

A dreamer making ends meet as a rideshare driver is on a collision course with reality as she struggles with the hardships of poverty, bad decisions and a difficult family.