Monkberry Moon Delight

Three stories take place after a crime goes wrong. A waitress must decide what to do with the jewels she found on a crime scene. A group of mobsters struggle to find the person who stole their goods. And a young couple finds themselves hunted by an unexpected enemy.

  • Jerzy P. Suchocki
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Number of Pages:
    115
  • Country of Origin:
    Mexico
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Writer Biography - Jerzy P. Suchocki


Jerzy P. Suchocki is an award-winner screenwriter and director working on his first feature, a horror comedy called How to Expose Possible Vampires (And Not Get Killed in the Process).

A self-taught person, he has always been in love with films and is convinced that they are the best way to create communication and empathy among people.

Besides writing screenplays (often about delusional dreamers trying to find their place in the world), Jerzy is also a novelist and script consultant for different companies and contests.

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Writer Statement

I’ve always been intrigued by the crime genre. Besides the Western, I think is the action subgenre where you get to better explore the human condition, mostly because in most crime movies, the protagonist is a person going through a hard time where they don’t have any other option but to turn to crime life. That’s desperation. That’s need. That’s something we all could relate to, and that’s the driving force behind Monkberry Moon Delight.

What compelled me to write this story was the idea of a person suddenly finding herself in the aftermath of a violent confrontation between criminals, and finding a bag of diamonds that could solve her money problems. I mean, if there are no witnesses and everyone around seems dead, well, what damage could that make? Who needs some diamonds gathering dust in some police station when they could help you get a better living? Such are the ideas that cross the mind of our first protagonist, the waitress Ruby Malone, not realizing that this simple action will unleash a series of violent episodes that will involve people who had nothing to do with her doing. The mobsters behind the criminal encounter will search for their diamonds and the people who stole them and will go out after the jewel robbers who sold them in the first instance, leading to a path of cruelty, torture, and vengeance where everyone will find their limit.

So, this is a story of how nonsense actions cause brutal consequences as well as the absurd coincidences one can find by interacting with the most unexpected people. As strange as it might be, this kind of thing actually happens in real life. You know someone who knows a person who knows someone else who is connected to you in a way you don’t even realize. It’s a funny thing and something that makes this crime anthology a darkly fun adventure that could be compared to the works of Tarantino or the Coen Brothers. Actually, this play pays some homage to their works, making it an appealing option for their fans, while still offering them something different.

All of this then, makes Monkberry Moon Delight the kind of entertaining, badass, fun option full of colorful characters that can be done for a small budget.