Above Jewels Short Film

Log Line:

Two dysfunctional sisters attempt to bury the body of a cheating husband who before being discovered by a Good Samaritan who happens upon their car.

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Long Synopsis:

 A cheating husband, stuffed into the back of a trunk, reflects on his terrible decisions in life from the grave, as his wife and sister-in-law pull along-side a deserted road, bickering and at each other’s throats.  Emily shrieks at Janie, while, Janie dumps the husband’s body on the side of the road and starts to dig a grave.  Eventually Emily joins her, all the while blaming Janie for their troubles.  It becomes clear that Emily forced Janie to kill her husband after catching them in bed together.  An untimely Good Samaritan spots them on the side of the road, after a few moments, and stops to help the stranded women.  Thinking quickly, the two sisters hide the body and pretend to have car trouble in an attempt to hide their crimes.  Tensions rise as the girls try to convince the man to leave before he can discover the body at the rear of the car.