Margaret & Izzey

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Plot outline

Margaret Annenberg is 25 going on 40: a workaholic, pill-popping, aspiring children’s clothes designer living in the city. She grudgingly returns to her small hometown for her father’s 50th birthday. Overworked and on the edge, Margaret’s life spins out of control -literally- when she nearly runs over an unsuspecting stranger on the way home.

“Izzey,” as he introduces himself, is Margaret’s worst nightmare. Wildly over-enthusiastic with no concept of boundaries, Izzey is 25 going on 4. He is inexplicably curious about Margaret, who wants only to drop him off and never see him again.

Margaret returns home to a fractured household. Her rebellious teenage sister Jane experiments with sex on Margaret’s old bed, her father Tom teeters on alcoholism, and her mother Christine pretends nothing is wrong.

On top of it all, to Margaret’s horror, Izzey appears at her window late at night, claiming that he is her imaginary friend from childhood. He has returned because The Rules dictate:

1) Imaginary Friends are always there when you need them.
2) If you keep an imaginary friend past 12 years old, they become real.
3) Imaginary Friends are only real where they were created.

Believing she’s having a breakdown, Margaret pushes her “hallucination” out the window, only to discover her whole family can see him too. Izzey takes the liberty of introducing himself as Margaret’s “boyfriend.”

Margaret wakes the next morning, positive it must have been a nightmare, until she discovers Izzey making breakfast and telling embarrassing stories to her enthusiastic family. Whether Margaret likes it or not, Izzey is real and here to stay.

Similar to 500 Days of Summer and Little Miss Sunshine, our film will approach serious issues in a quirky and charming manner.

Margaret and Izzey is about rediscovering the joy in life, speciﬁcally the inner child. Each member of Margaret’s family goes through their day-to-day routine, never truly connecting with one another. Izzey, the physical personiﬁcation of Margaretʼs lost inner child, is the solution to their separation. His zest for life rekindles the family’s happiness.