DEFYING GRAVITY - ONE PARAGRAPH SYNOPSIS

A mute 16-year-old girl runs away to the cemetery in which her mother is 
buried. A homeless young man with secrets of his own attempts to befriend 
her.  The cemetery caretaker, an inscrutable illegal Mexican, becomes the 
ally who eventually brings them together.  When the girl turns up missing, 
the two men go in search of her in a stolen hearse ... and enlist the aid 
of a feisty but compassionate transvestite waitress named Lola.

DEFYING GRAVITY - 125 WORD SYNOPSIS

Cassandra, a mute runaway girl, takes refuge in the cemetery in which her 
mother is laid to rest. She is watched over by Jorge, the cemetery 
caretaker, an illegal alien who is committed to the restoration of a '60 
cadillac hearse.

Shore is a handsome, brilliant young man who also happens to be homeless. 
After almost hitting Cassandra in his dilapidated VW bus, he becomes 
fascinated by the gothic cemetery waif and attempts to befriend her.

A sequence of events results in Cass getting lost. Jorge and Shore flee 
the cemetery in a stolen hearse to find Cassandra before her abusive 
step-father does. All paths lead to Yermo - the site of a roadside diner 
and a feisty but compassionate transvestite waitress named Lola.