Grace

Charlie is a once famous author suffering from writer’s block. With his book advance spent, Charlie’s best friend and agent Bernie sends him aspiring young writer Dawn to be his assistant in the hopes that she will inspire him to start writing. The two are initially at odds, with Dawn seeing Charlie as privileged and spoiled and Charlie seeing Dawn as belligerent and invasive. As they begin to learn more about each other, Charlie and Dawn help one another discover essential truths in their lives that they have both been trying to avoid. (Napa Valley Film Festival)