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Mia is an aspiring actress who leaves her hometown of Boulder, Colorado for the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, where in between auditions, she works in a cofee shop waiting for her big break. | Mia is an aspiring actress who leaves her hometown of Boulder, Colorado for the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, where in between auditions, she works in a cofee shop waiting for her big break. | ||
| − | Sebastian is a jazz pianist, a purist and a traditionalist, who dreams of opening his own jazz club and bringing back the dying musical genre. But living in Los Angeles, he mostly has to settle for whatever work he can find, sometimes playing | + | Sebastian is a jazz pianist, a purist and a traditionalist, who dreams of opening his own jazz club and bringing back the dying musical genre. But living in Los Angeles, he mostly has to settle for whatever work he can find, sometimes playing cheesy 80s music at parties, or Christmas jingles in a bar. |
When Sebastian and Mia meet each other, it's not exactly love at first sight. They hit it off, but after a series of encounters begin to respect and appreciate each other, and then they fall in love. They encourage each other in their respective dreams, and teach each other how to be flexible and resilient in a tough city that, according to Sebastian, "worships everything and values nothing." | When Sebastian and Mia meet each other, it's not exactly love at first sight. They hit it off, but after a series of encounters begin to respect and appreciate each other, and then they fall in love. They encourage each other in their respective dreams, and teach each other how to be flexible and resilient in a tough city that, according to Sebastian, "worships everything and values nothing." | ||
| + | With Sebastian's encouragement, Mia quits her job at the coffee shop and rents out a local theater to put on a one-woman show she has written, with the hope that this will jump start her career. Meanwhile Sebastian takes a steady job playing keyboard with an up and coming band, and going on tour with them. It seems as if they are on the brink of realizing their dreams. | ||
| + | But Sebastian's time away touring puts a strain on their relationship, and the music he plays with this new band is not the jazz he loves. Mia finally puts on her big show, but it is poorly attended, criticized by some who do attend, and Sebastian misses the performance because of a photo shoot for his band. They break up, and Mia moves back home to Boulder, abandoning her dream of becoming an actress. | ||
| + | Not long after this, however, Mia gets a callback, from someone who did see her show and appreciated it. Sebastian drives to Boulder to find her and convinces her to give it one more shot. This time, the audition is unscripted, and the casting agent asks her to just "tell us a story." Mia does this, singing a tribute to dreams and the dreamers who inspire us. She is offered the part, which films in Paris. She and Sebastian go their separate ways, but on friendly terms, hopeful that the paths they have chosen will someday reunite them. | ||
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| + | Fast forward five years. Mia is now the successful actress she dreamt of becoming, and Sebastian is now the owner of a successful jazz club in LA. I won't give away the ending, which is the subject of much conversation and debate. Suffice it to say that one night, almost by accident, Mia wanders into Sebastian's club and they see each other again for the first time in years. | ||
====In and Out of the Garden==== | ====In and Out of the Garden==== | ||
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Contents
Genesis 3:20-24
20 The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living. 21 And the Lord God made garments of skins for the man and for his wife, and clothed them. 22 Then the Lord God said, “See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— 23 therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a sword flaming and turning to guard the way to the tree of life.
Acts 2:16-17
16 No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: 17 ‘In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
Romans 10:14-15
14 But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? 15 And how are they to proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
Faith & Film V: La La Land
Three Minute Film Summary
Mia is an aspiring actress who leaves her hometown of Boulder, Colorado for the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, where in between auditions, she works in a cofee shop waiting for her big break.
Sebastian is a jazz pianist, a purist and a traditionalist, who dreams of opening his own jazz club and bringing back the dying musical genre. But living in Los Angeles, he mostly has to settle for whatever work he can find, sometimes playing cheesy 80s music at parties, or Christmas jingles in a bar.
When Sebastian and Mia meet each other, it's not exactly love at first sight. They hit it off, but after a series of encounters begin to respect and appreciate each other, and then they fall in love. They encourage each other in their respective dreams, and teach each other how to be flexible and resilient in a tough city that, according to Sebastian, "worships everything and values nothing."
With Sebastian's encouragement, Mia quits her job at the coffee shop and rents out a local theater to put on a one-woman show she has written, with the hope that this will jump start her career. Meanwhile Sebastian takes a steady job playing keyboard with an up and coming band, and going on tour with them. It seems as if they are on the brink of realizing their dreams.
But Sebastian's time away touring puts a strain on their relationship, and the music he plays with this new band is not the jazz he loves. Mia finally puts on her big show, but it is poorly attended, criticized by some who do attend, and Sebastian misses the performance because of a photo shoot for his band. They break up, and Mia moves back home to Boulder, abandoning her dream of becoming an actress.
Not long after this, however, Mia gets a callback, from someone who did see her show and appreciated it. Sebastian drives to Boulder to find her and convinces her to give it one more shot. This time, the audition is unscripted, and the casting agent asks her to just "tell us a story." Mia does this, singing a tribute to dreams and the dreamers who inspire us. She is offered the part, which films in Paris. She and Sebastian go their separate ways, but on friendly terms, hopeful that the paths they have chosen will someday reunite them.
Fast forward five years. Mia is now the successful actress she dreamt of becoming, and Sebastian is now the owner of a successful jazz club in LA. I won't give away the ending, which is the subject of much conversation and debate. Suffice it to say that one night, almost by accident, Mia wanders into Sebastian's club and they see each other again for the first time in years.
