Be Good - Encore Performance

First-time parenthood challenges a struggling workaholic and a wanna-be stay-at-home mom.

Paul is a workaholic who makes small, socially-conscious films. Mary is a social worker helping Guatemalan children. Pearl is their spirited 6-month old daughter. When Mary returns to work after her maternity leave, Paul is in charge. He struggles to adapt a book as he pacifies Pearl and is quickly ensnared in a web of fatherly duty and personal ambition. Meanwhile, Mary misses Pearl terribly, but her benefits are the only security the family has. As Paul's disinterest in his work grows, money becomes tighter and his attachment to Pearl intensifies, Mary is left out in the cold. It comes to a head one day when a Paul's good nature gets the best of him and he quickly becomes the jerk he thought he'd never be.