SCREENING INFORMATION:
DECEMBER 11TH,
2013
5:40PM
Three shadowy figures, concealed from view, enter a seedy motel room. They seal their criminal pact with lines of cocaine,
as they
sound-proof the room.
Amber, a
privileged and pretty college student, leaves campus and is walking
to her convertible when two of the shadowy figures jump out of an
old van, grabbing her. She struggles as they force her into the van
and drive back to the seedy motel.
In the
motel room the kidnappers bind and gag Amber, but her fears quickly
fade. The kidnappers' inexperience and drug-induced paranoia allow
Amber to turn these childhood friends, Jorge, Oscar and Kana,
against each other.
As she
tries to outwit Jorge and befriend Oscar and Kana, Amber learns
their reasons for kidnapping her.
'Suite
101' shows Amber not as the victim, but as a heroine whose power
lies in her ability to adapt. While Amber empathizes with the pain
and misery of the kidnappers, their petty squabbling over drugs and
a few dollars also gives her the opportunity to outsmart them. She
recognizes and uses the kidnappers' flaws and past wounds to their
detriment.
Unable to
run from her captors, Amber realizes she must join them to escape.
She enlists them. Her plan: gain the kidnappers' trust by helping
them steal from her wealthy father, render them vulnerable through
seduction, and leave her once-captors as captives in the
motel.
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