April proposes a radical plan to Frank to move their family to Paris so he can escape his soul-crushing corporate job and find his true purpose. She challenges his sense of masculinity and their shared mediocrity, eventually convincing him to reclaim the potential she saw in him when they first met.
APRIL: Frank. I have had the most wonderful idea. I’ve been thinking about it all day.
FRANK: What’s all this about?
APRIL: You know how much money we have saved...? Enough to live on for six months without you earning another dime.
FRANK: What we get for the house... What are you talking about? Whe
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