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THE MAN WITH A GLOVE

THE MAN WITH A GLOVE
By Suzanne Lutas

GENRE: Thriller, Horror
LOGLINE:

A gifted art intern trapped by a desperate occultist whose son ages uncontrollably must race against time to unravel the cryptic secrets of a Renaissance painting to secure her freedom and save a life.


SYNOPSIS:

A young art expert is kidnapped by a wealthy benefactor and kept as a prisoner in a gilded cage until she completes a particular project: the restoration of a mysterious painting. While in captivity, she will bond with the woman's deformed son and learn that the canvas she is working on might have more inside it than paint...

CLAIRE (20s) lost her family in a car accident in which she couldn't save her little brother from drowning. Feeling guilty, since then, she has suffered from panic attacks within walls and has bonding difficulties. Still, she has found therapy in painting. And she can only relate to ALBA she met in a foster home. They've been supporting each other ever since. However, they're opposites in temperament and activities. Claire is an intern at the Smithsonian Institute; Alba is a thief on probation.

After a bike accident, she wakes up, locked away in a creepy mansion with a broken leg and forced to restore a painting by Titian, 'The Man with a Glove.' Her abductor, Mrs. Forster, is a necromancer who believes that the painting holds the secret to the Fountain of Youth, the ultimate cure for her son, Stuart. The boy suffers from reverse Benjamin Button syndrome and hides because he is ashamed of his appearance. At 18, he looks 80. Claire tries to escape in vain, while Alba moves heaven and earth to find her. Now, breaking their respective reclusion, Claire and Stuart gradually open up to each other. And, somehow making up for her family's loss, Claire develops a sincere affection for Stuart and gets to work. But the more she makes headway, the more Titian's sitter becomes life-like, along with a malefic Lady ghost.

To sum up, it is a story of confinement in which each character struggles to overcome imprisoning circumstances. At first, Claire is locked in an emotional prison of loss and guilt. Then she's held captive and forced to restore the Titian by Mrs. Forster. The latter is locked in desperation, looking for a cure to save her dying son Stuart. The boy is the prisoner of his fatal illness. And Alba is a thief who has to dodge her probation officer to find Claire. Due to Claire's restoration job, there's a Lady Ghost and The Man with a Glove, who have been immobile in death yet break free from their painting frames in the eeriest way.

Still, Despite the gripping mystery around the painting or the dreadful, supernatural manifestations, it's a story about motherly love and unlikely friendships.

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