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David and Franco

Monday, January 11th, 2016

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

David, a recent university graduate in Canadian literature from small-town Ontario, arrives in the nation’s capital without a dime to his name, but with high hopes, enthusiasm and a dose of naïveté of starting a new, successful life in the city. David meets the crass, big-talking life coach Franco Ritchie, but doesn’t immediately realize that his new adviser is a mix between a dubious used car salesman and a low rent, shady lawyer preying on desperate clients. David embarks on a sometimes absurd roller coaster of job hunts, dejection and alienation, while he begins to question whether ultra-confident Franco is really who he claims to be…

Director

Christopher Adam

Produced by

Christopher Adam

Cast

Michael David
Joel Jakob
Daniel Pauley

Crew

Jacob Richard
Cameron Giffen