INAPPROPRIATE PRACTICE
A dream job turns into the role from hell when newly separated lawyer Caren finds herself working for a manipulative senior partner at a city law firm – and quickly discovers that his notion of entitlement extends way beyond the boardroom…
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS SCRIPT:
Bluecat competition coverage (March 2018)
[Caren] makes a terrific character arc as she finds her power and her voice. The audience is taken on an emotional roller coaster ….it is inspiring to see that she will stop at nothing to take Gus down.
Ben Richards - Producer, Animus Productions
It has a clever pace to it and very strong characters who I can clearly see in action on screen. Top drama. Wonderful work.
Harriet Rees - Producer, Kaleidoscope Films
I really enjoyed the read. It's extremely well written, and of course bang on the money in the current climate.
Hayley Dickinson - freelance filmmaker
Your script is such a breath of fresh air…..The characters, the motives, the locations! A film like this is ridiculously relevant to what’s going on in every industry. You should be incredibly proud of this work of art.
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS SCRIPT:
Bluecat competition coverage (March 2018)
[Caren] makes a terrific character arc as she finds her power and her voice. The audience is taken on an emotional roller coaster ….it is inspiring to see that she will stop at nothing to take Gus down.
Ben Richards - Producer, Animus Productions
It has a clever pace to it and very strong characters who I can clearly see in action on screen. Top drama. Wonderful work.
Harriet Rees - Producer, Kaleidoscope Films
I really enjoyed the read. It's extremely well written, and of course bang on the money in the current climate.
Hayley Dickinson - freelance filmmaker
Your script is such a breath of fresh air…..The characters, the motives, the locations! A film like this is ridiculously relevant to what’s going on in every industry. You should be incredibly proud of this work of art.
Short Synopsis
After the sudden overseas break-up of her marriage, CAREN badly needs a job in London. It’s not going to be easy. She’s been out of the workplace for several years, bringing up two kids for whom she now seems to be solely responsible.
Caren’s best friend from university, the super-ambitious NANCY, fixes her up with a job at the prestigious city law firm where she is a junior partner. It seems too good to be true, and things do go brilliantly at first. But before long, Caren becomes the victim of insidious sexual harassment at the hands of her immediate boss, the charming but Machiavellian GUS.
Initially worried about losing her job, Caren puts up and shuts up. But when Gus goes too far during a company “away weekend”, everything changes.
Gus will deny everything, of course. If Caren reports him to the police, and the case goes to court, he will pay for top legal representation and probably walk free. Word gets around quickly in the legal profession. Caren will become known as a troublemaker. She could be blacklisted. She might never work as a lawyer again.
She cannot afford to take that risk. But at the same time she is determined not to let Gus get away with this.
Time for Plan B.
Covert investigations are called for, and Caren finds herself testing her friendships and loyalties to the max in pursuit of her goal. Her mental and physical equilibrium is challenged as she digs deep to discover the toxic, cover-up culture that has enabled highly inappropriate behaviour to pervade at this law firm for decades.
Can Caren unearth enough evidence to trigger Gus’s downfall without jeapardising her own career? Or is he as invincible as he has led himself to believe …?
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After the sudden overseas break-up of her marriage, CAREN badly needs a job in London. It’s not going to be easy. She’s been out of the workplace for several years, bringing up two kids for whom she now seems to be solely responsible.
Caren’s best friend from university, the super-ambitious NANCY, fixes her up with a job at the prestigious city law firm where she is a junior partner. It seems too good to be true, and things do go brilliantly at first. But before long, Caren becomes the victim of insidious sexual harassment at the hands of her immediate boss, the charming but Machiavellian GUS.
Initially worried about losing her job, Caren puts up and shuts up. But when Gus goes too far during a company “away weekend”, everything changes.
Gus will deny everything, of course. If Caren reports him to the police, and the case goes to court, he will pay for top legal representation and probably walk free. Word gets around quickly in the legal profession. Caren will become known as a troublemaker. She could be blacklisted. She might never work as a lawyer again.
She cannot afford to take that risk. But at the same time she is determined not to let Gus get away with this.
Time for Plan B.
Covert investigations are called for, and Caren finds herself testing her friendships and loyalties to the max in pursuit of her goal. Her mental and physical equilibrium is challenged as she digs deep to discover the toxic, cover-up culture that has enabled highly inappropriate behaviour to pervade at this law firm for decades.
Can Caren unearth enough evidence to trigger Gus’s downfall without jeapardising her own career? Or is he as invincible as he has led himself to believe …?
CONTACT US FOR THE FULL TREATMENT AND/OR SCRIPT