THE MERMAID CAFE
An Anglo-French, Culture ‘Crash’ Rom-Com For Our Times.
What If…
Bridget Jones was actually an ad guy that hated kids, went to France and met a ‘punk’ Amélie…
Luke Has A Kid Problem…
Mid-life ad man Luke doesn’t want them but girlfriend Sophie is desperate to have them. What’s more, at work he fronts the Baby Boom baby milk account, so kids are always in his head. But what’s his problem? Fear of being as terrible a father as his own is what, not that he’s telling anyone. That’s his secret...
Trouble In Paradise
Family-phobic Luke’s seemingly perfect fast-lane London life gets completely torpedoed by the infidelity of long-term, desperate to have kids, girlfriend Sophie. In one day, he loses his girl, his job, his home and even his really swanky, state-of-the-art coffee machine.
Getting his old life back proves exceptionally tricky in an uncaring world that appears to have moved on. However, an enforced, disaster-laden voyage of self-discovery in laid-back, rural France leads him to young bohemian waitress and student Valerie, who proceeds to upend his worldview.
Will their meeting mean he can duck his home truths, and move on from Sophie and the pressure for kids, or simply present him with harsh realities that will force him to solve the riddles of his middle years, confront his prejudices and take back control of his life, perhaps even encouraging a family of his own?