Why a Son Needs a Dad

Earl Partridge, age et malade, va bientot mourir. Il demande a son fidele infirmier de retrouver le fils qu'il a jadis abandonne. Sa jeune epouse, qui convoitait sa fortune, devrait se rejouir mais n'y parvient pas. Frank Mackey, jeune gourou cathodique de la seduction masculine, s'est construit un passe et une vie. Mais combien de temps le masque peut-il resister? Toutes ces vies s'entrecroisent le temps d'une journee comme les autres sous le soleil de la Californie.

24 hours in L.A.; it's raining cats and dogs. Two parallel and intercut stories dramatize men about to die: both are estranged from a grown child, both want to make contact, and neither child wants anything to do with dad. Earl Partridge's son is a charismatic misogynist; Jimmy Gator's daughter is a cokehead and waif. A mild and caring nurse intercedes for Earl, reaching the son; a prayerful and upright beat cop meets the daughter, is attracted to her, and leads her toward a new calm. Meanwhile, guilt consumes Earl's young wife, while two whiz kids, one grown and a loser and the other young and pressured, face their situations. The weather, too, is quirky.