Title: Belmondo style
Description: Jared Chiziver is a single father and professional pick-pocket, devotee of Jean-Paul Belmondo and foreign films, and a suave ladies' man. His son Ben is sixteen, a bookish semi-introvert, a star on his school's track team, college bound and gay. Two things happen that cause repercussions -- Jared meets Anna, a woman photographer he finds engaging and Jared commits a big crime in response to a brutal attack upon his son Ben. The only thing for Jared to do is to leave town before the police find him. Explores the relationship between this unusual father and his remarkable son.
Subjects: Teenage boys, Criminals, Influence, Fathers and sons, Fiction, Gay youth, Fugitives from justice, Single fathers, Family relationships, Social Marginality, Fiction, coming of age, Fiction, family life, general, Fiction, psychological, Fathers and sons, fiction, Gay men, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Criminals, fiction, Ferro-Grumley Award for Gay Fiction Winner
Places: Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.)
People: Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933-)