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Mario's Luv

Seventeen-year-old Mario Acosta, an ace soccer player & straight-A student from the wrong side of the tracks, secretly rendezvous with his uptown girlfriend Christina every day in a park. Mario’s world spins out of control when his father who is a fisherman drowns at sea and his teenage girlfriend becomes pregnant, forcing Mario to become head of his immigrant family. Losing his college scholarship & bill collectors breathing down his neck, Mario hooks up with a charismatic drug dealer Domingos Salazar & quickly scales his criminal organization. Mario is busted in a police sting and is given two options - do hard time in gladiator academy or flip on his drug kingpin boss who has become like a brother to him. Mario's big time decision leaves one of them dead and the other in a wheelchair.

  • Paul Byrne
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay, Short Script
  • Genres:
    crime, thriller, suspense, drama, romance, teen-age
  • Number of Pages:
    120
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Page International Screenwriting Contest
    Hollywood, CA
    March 21, 2019
    Quarter Finalist
  • Hollywood Scriptwriting Contest
    Hollywood , CA
    July 11, 2016
    Finalist
Writer Biography - Paul Byrne

Represented by Betty Butler, BjbPresents.
Co-owner Cool Breeze Prods. A family enterprise which creates and markets award-winning shorts and feature film screenplays.
Graduate of the University of Oklahoma. Formerly employed as a single-family bond accountant with a public housing authority near Washington, D.C.

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Writer Statement

Like so many, writing is a constant passion of mine. My short and feature film screenplays range from romantic adventures to edgy crime thrillers. I'm excited about pursuing my passion full-time and hopefully contribute my themes and ideas to the entertainment community.