The Truth About Lies Page #2

Synopsis: Gilby Smalls is having a meltdown. He's just been fired from his job, lost his apartment in a fire and his girlfriend gave him the boot. And it's only Wednesday. Now, at the ripe old age of thirty-something, he is forced to move in with May, his booze-swindling man-obsessed mother. This is the last straw. Gilby's life is bleak until best friend Kevin drags him to a family get-together, where he meets Rachel, Kevin's very beautiful but very married sister. Rachel is the very thing Gilby needs to get his life back on track. Desperate to impress her, Gilby starts to weave a web of lies; one bigger than the next. Now in a sticky mess, Gilby is forced to face the uncomfortable truth about himself before he can find a way out of his very own Lies. The Truth About Lies explores the potent role lying plays in relationships and life with some surprising results!
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Phil Allocco
Production: Blue Fox Entertainment
  11 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.2
TV-14
Year:
2017
94 min
Website
155 Views


I'll have a technician look at it?

No, I-I-I don't need

someone to look at it.

I need someone to smell it.

I spent good money,

and I-I'm not satisfied.

I paid for a cell phone. Not a smell phone.

Okay, um, do you have your receipt?

- I bought it here.

- Okay, when was that?

What's with the third degree?

W... Are you calling-are

you calling me a liar?

No, this is standard procedure.

Do you harass all your customers,

or are you just picking

on me because I'm a woman?

I treat all my customers the same.

So, you admit it. You

harass all your customers.

Ha! I want the manager!

Okay, I'll get the manager

out to, uh, smell your phone.

- He's an expert on that.

- Thank you.

I'm actually very curious

to see what happens here.

You're breakin' up. No,

I said I can't hear you.

Sorry.

Whoa! Whoa!

- Ah! Are you blind?

- I-I'm sorry!

What the hell is wrong with you?

I'm... No-no, I'm really sorry.

I would pay for it, if I had a job!

I'm sorry. I-I...

Small fire. The jerk-off

left his lava lamp plugged in.

Whoa! You can't go in there, pal.

But I live here.

Just be a few minutes. The fire's out.

Oh, thank God. Was it bad?

No, I wouldn't worry. Very small.

Only one apartment affected.

What apartment do you live in?

Uh, 706.

- You smoke?

- No, that'll give you cancer.

Go on. One won't kill ya.

No, I'm-I'm okay. Thank you.

You wanna sit in the fire truck?

My kids love it.

Come on.

Oh, my God. What happened to you?

My apartment burned down.

Gilby, what the hell did you do?

- Jesus, Sharon, can I come in?

- Now?

No, not now, but next Wednesday.

Does that work? Of course, now.

God, you stink like a thousand ashtrays.

Yeah, well, fire tends

to-to have that effect.

God, Sharon, you know,

I-I imagined you'd be a

little more sympathetic.

You know, something

like, "Oh, my God, Gilby!"

Or, "Are you all right?

Your apartment burned down?"

I don't know. Throw your

arms around me or somethin'.

Uh, why do you keep bringing boxes?

You can't stay here.

What? What the hell are

you talking about, Sharon?

You're my girlfriend.

Well... I was.

What the hell does that mean?

Well, we broke up.

We... W-what? When?

I was gonna tell you tomorrow.

You were gonna tell me tom... Are...

Did you, like, bang your head or something?

A-are you-are

you-are you on your...

Is it your period?

Am I... Oh, wow.

Um, no, Gilby, I'm not on my period,

but I am seeing someone else.

Already? I mean, isn't

that a little premature?

I thought we were breaking up tomorrow.

Well, he's on his way,

and so you need to leave.

I-I have nowhere to go.

I-I just lost my job,

and then my apartment burns down,

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