Interview with Screenwriter Laurent Auclair (ACCEPTANCE)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about?

Laurent Auclair: ‘Acceptance’ is about finding the strength and necessary support to move on when you are stuck in a tough time of your life. Michael meets Eve and it’s more than a Boy Meets Girl situation, as their relationship doesn’t evolve into a romance, but more into a reciprocal mentor/mentee relationship, where each of them helps the other one grow and move on with their life.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

‘Acceptance’ is a Drama Road-Movie with LGBT themes and a love for cinema that impacted my own life.

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

I love relationship drama and the intrication of happy encounters in someone’s life. I also like it when a film and its characters resonate with my own life. Writing ‘Acceptance’, I wasn’t in a good place emotionally (after a break-up…