- A woman, involved in a life-time of crime, steals diamonds and is on the run. She seeks help from her mother, who introduced her to this life-style and has to face her teenager daughter, raised by her grandmother after she left the family home. The woman struggles to remain on the run and not reconnect with her daughter.—n.a.
- Fleeing the lethal aftermath of a con gone wrong, Gina Carelli (Ever Carradine) - a hot, young bunco artist with a bag of stolen Mob diamonds - has nowhere to run but to her mothers. Gina hasnt seen her mother since she was 15. And that was 15 years ago.
Kay (Gabrielle Rose), Ginas mother, is not happy to see her. A scam queen, herself, when Gina was a kid, Kays gone (mostly) straight now. Thats because for 15 years Kays been raising Ginas daughter, Laura (Leela Savaasta), and Kays determined to do a better job with Laura than she did with Lauras mom. So Kay has a legit job at St. Ignatius. And still dabbles by running the sports book at the neighborhood nursing home.
Fifteen-year-old Laura never knew her mother; grandmother Kay always told her Gina was dead. In Kays mind, the neat, studious Laura is heading to Harvard; Kay doesnt know Lauras also running a term paper racket at St. Ignatius High School.
As the police circle round, the body count grows and the murderous mobsters draw ever closer, three generations of underworld women must find both a way to save their lives and a way to live with each other.
Filled with clever, amusing incident and told in vivid, funny dialogue, Cleaverville plays like a Hallmark Hall of Fame written by Quentin Tarentino. A very different kind of family story, its an emotionally satisfying action thriller.
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