Sheep Noir Films | In Development

Feature film

Imagine meeting someone at a party that really piqued your interest. You talk, laugh and basically get to know one another, but you wish you could have said everything perfect. Every joke, nuance and reference. Imagine thinking up all the beautiful lines you should have thought of two weeks later, in the present. You have the F-Word.

Wallace and Chantry meet at a party while reading refrigerator magnet poetry and find that they have great chemistry…. as friends. Wallace, who has the appeal of a puppy dog and a very dry wit, falls for Chantry, smart, funny and just a bit funky. They form a relationship in which they talk about everything from movies to illnesses to disappointing Christmas presents. Their relationship grows as they email each other, go for dinners, and chat via instant messaging. It’s heavy interest at first sight but there is a problem; Chantry has a serious boyfriend.

The audience watches while Wallace falls harder for Chantry and Chantry must deal with her growing feelings for Wallace. Should friendship be squashed due to budding romantic influences or can men and women control their desire to simply enjoy the benefits of a platonic relationship?

With Chantry’s boyfriend, Paul, offered a job in Europe, and Wallace’s exceptionally attractive boss making serious overtures, will their relationship continue status quo or evolve?

Told through their many meetings over the course of a year and interwoven with both Wallace and Chantry’s hyperactive imagination that includes animation and flashbacks, The F-Word hilariously demonstrates the complications of timing. All of their insecurities, regrets and victories are exposed.

A screenplay based on the wildly successful Fringe Festival play, The F-word, this is the latest work from writer Elan Mastai (MVP II, Alone in the Dark). This mildly unholy alliance between Before Sunrise and Lost in Translation is the perfect anti-romantic pro-comedy film.