The Fencing RomCom
A world champion fencer and his older female student bout their way through a forbidden chemistry that proves greater to master than the sport itself.
Synopsis
Horrifically injured in his last Olympic Gold Medal final, young fencer Darcy Quinn trains for a comeback with his non-dominant hand, while endeavoring a stable career as a fencing coach. When he meets former divorcee and contentious older female student Elle Dannan amid her own fencing medalist pursuits, he must suppress the growing attraction that could otherwise jeopardize his success.
Elle finds herself falling for a highly driven younger man after a long marriage that left her feeling unseen and unsupported. Darcy’s fencing celebrity and repetitive hot and cold behavior catalyzes her into loving herself above all.
Darcy is caught between his intense chemistry with Elle and the reputation of his father’s predilection for students, a transgression that eventually resulted in his father being banned from the sport entirely. Everyone around the two sees it as a destined connection where one of them just needs to make a move already.
Darcy must finally act when his old rival uses the situationship with Elle to convince him to compete again on the world stage. Darcy must choose – prove to Elle he’s ready to commit or lose her to the rival that nearly ended his competitive career. It is all settled on the strip in a finals rematch at World Championships in Greece, where the only way out is to surrender to love.
** This is an unproduced screenplay currently seeking representation. That means it’s not a film yet, but if it interests you, pass it along or contact me!**