Daddy Issues (2018)

Daddy Issues
DirectorKen Ochiai
GenreLGBT-related film, drama film, independent film, romance film
Runtime81 min
CountryUnited States

Plot

Nineteen year old Maya lives at home with her mother and step-father. She is a very unhappy artist who wants to go to art school in Florence, Italy. Simon is a drug addict doctor who has fantasy sex with Jasmine who dresses up as a little girl. Simon has a dinner with his father each year on his dead mother's birthday. She died 11 years ago.

Maya and Jasmine meet on-line and have a same-sex relationship. Maya moves in with Jasmine. Jasmine continues her heterosexual affair with Dr. Simon. The doctor has set up a child's bedroom in his garage and pays Jasmine $5,000 a month. Maya is almost hit by a driver who is Simon. It turns out that Simon is Maya's father that she has not seen in six years. Maya's mother has lied to her about her father not wanting contact with her and has been spending the child support. Simon and Maya rekindle a relationship.

One day Simon sees his daughter and Jasmine in a sexual embrace. He realizes that his lover is in an affair with his daughter. He ends his relationship with Jasmine and Jasmine in turn breaks up with Maya. When Simon offers to pay Maya to go to school in Italy, she figures out Jasmine was her father's lover. The triangle love affair is exposed.

Maya goes to art school in Florence and is successful in selling her art clothing. One day she sees a woman in Florence wearing her clothing line and the film ends with them being friends.

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