The Con Artists

An aspiring stand-up comedian named Frank puts his plan to propel himself to international superstardom on hold when an old friend, Giorgio, is struck by a bus. Drawn to Giorgio’s self-assured charisma and affluent lifestyle, Frank leaps at the opportunity to move into his friend’s lavish home in order to aid in his recuperation. As the pair spend more and more time together, Frank begins to suspect that Giorgio’s persona may in fact be a carefully constructed façade. As someone who proudly—and frequently—espouses his devotion to absolute honesty on and off stage, Frank is quick to brand Giorgio as nothing more than a toxic phony, creating a conflict between the two men that eventually forces Frank to confront the disparity between his ideas about himself and how he actually moves through the world.