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    The Come Up
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    LOGLINE
    After losing her future kid’s adoption papers to a drug dealer, a good-natured woman must team up with her selfish neighbor, quirky college friend, and eclectic landlady to recover them before it’s too late.

    SYNOPSIS
    THE COME UP is a fast-paced, energetic action comedy that could fit with films like The Hangover and Bridesmaids.

    Aubrey (43), an easy-going woman living in Berkeley, California, has always wanted to have a family. One day, she receives an unexpected delivery containing the adoption papers for a child her husband, John (45), never knew he had. To her surprise, the package also contains a letter explaining why the child must now live with them.

    Aubrey immediately calls her husband, who is away on a business trip, to share the news. They are both stunned by their sudden twist of fate. While John makes his way back home from Alaska, Aubrey decides to go out on the town to celebrate her life-changing news. She is joined by her attention-seeking friend Lizzy (38), her landlady Bethel (71), and her new bougie neighbor Meredith (57). Unfortunately, the evening takes a turn for the worse, and after a series of mishaps, Aubrey realizes that she has lost the adoption papers.

    Aubrey is determined to do whatever it takes to get these documents back. Unfortunately for her, the other three women insist on tagging along to help. Aubrey will discover that sometimes ‘help’ brings chaos. On her path, she encounters mobsters, drag queens, nomads, and neighbors, and she soon finds out that the solution to her problem comes from an unlikely place.

    The writer, stand-up comedian Clara Bijl, uses comedy in this project to create engaging multi-dimensional characters and to showcase women’s friendships, connections, and relationships.

    PROJECT TYPE Narrative Feature

    DIRECTOR Clara Bijl
    SCREENWRITER Clara Bijl
    PRODUCER Clara Bijl, DALTON HELMS, SCOTT BANKERT

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