Lewis Byrd

Encore Apartments L.A. Lewis Byrd

Suspense and satire fuel this unique erotic thriller, centered around the young and fun-loving April Downing who is facing her first vacant unit as new manager of Encore Apartments. She is drawn to free spirit applicant Tiffany Orr, but Orr's erratic rental and work history troubles April's in-house confidant and sleuthing partner, Manny Sheffield. So they set forth about town to dig up what they can on Ms. Orr. Meanwhile, riding a Greyhound bus headed for Hollywood is a sexually disturbed young man of stunning looks, hoping to make amends with Tiffany Orr for their last night together in New York-a night that turned violent and hastened Orr's flight west. Among Encore's fame-infatuated tenants who bring quirky humor to the darkening drama, there is over-the-hill second-rate screen vixen Pearl Dubuque, who still envies long-ago rival Gloria Swanson; and the retired Manny, who plays Max von Mayerling to Dubuque's Norma Desmond in her privately staged fantasies. Revenge goes berserk inside a roller rink, only hours after April and her new boyfriend Jerry enjoy an evening of skating-the shocking scene not scored by organ music. Not everyone at Encore Apartments gets an encore!