THE PROMISE LAND & THE PROMISED LOVE

BIOGRAPHICAL ADVENTURE ROMANCE DRAMA EPIC MEMOIR ACTION
1980s & '90s,1960s & '70s
SANYA KONGDARA
Logline
True story about a man who's been in prison in different countries, his dream to the US has been shattered, but love at first sight with a girl, failed proposal lead to a promise if he makes US, she will marry him there, on his way to the airport, a gun to his head by Thai police. Gunshot goes off.
Genre
Biographical,Adventure,Romance,Drama,Epic,Memoir,Action
Short Summary
Flashback of the ending, Mark propose to Vane the love of his life, she said no wasn't sure of his future goals, after she got sponsored to the US to Boston. They made a promise if he makes it to US, she will marry him there, he was held back until he got his own sponsorship to the US.
Mark was on his way to the airport in Thailand, but was stopped by military police pulled to the side interrogated him if he was an American or CIA. While Vane his soon to be wife waits for him in Dallas Texas airport, Gun grilled to his head, guns shots go off, the Thai people scattered in chaos.
Setting
Laos
Based on a True Story
Yes
Plot - Premise
Quest,Tragedy,Other,Internal Journey/Rebirth
Plot - Other Elements
Twist,Meaningful Message,Happy Ending
Mature Audience Themes
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Main Character Details
Name: Young Mark and older Mark Kongdara
Age: 13 and Earl 30's
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Aspiring,Adventurous,Charming,Confident,Modest,Skillful,Funny,Visionary,Romantic,Seductive,Naive,Heroic,Flexible,Engaging,Empathetic,Desperate
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Development Pitch
This is based on a true story about my father Mark Kongdara, as I narrate his story and journey of his time back in 60s, 70s, 80s, here's a man without a father figure, kids kicked out by stepfather at the age of 13, forced to join the military was his only mean of survival, his dream has been shattered in wanting to go to the US, he believed sleeping with as many women as possible was his idea of being a man but until he meant the old wise men in Vietnam when he was left behind from his own troop, became a pow. The old wise man had broke him down inside out, what does he truly want for himself and his future. Those wise men acknowledge that in order to get what he wants if he wants to go to us he has to believe in himself and if he wants the woman of his dream he has to make sacrifice of his own career as a soldier that he does not want to give up. The old man said once he make the sacrifice, you will find the love of your life and being a man is when you stick with one woman. He finds her at his release from the concentration camp, she was playing basketball and he yelled out I like number nine once she got his attention he was in love. By the fourth day she was gone, he found out that she left to Thailand to refugee camp and found her there. He built a good rapport with her cousin and they set up a dinner date and she fell in love with him. After she was missing during her process of getting sponsorship to the us to go to Boston, he thought he lost her again.