Naperville native Mary Jane Deer is telling stories on the big screen. Her film “Line Cooks” debuted at the Naples International Film Festival on Oct. 23, in one of two sold-out showings.
“I’ve always loved storytelling,” Mary Jane Deer said. “I love how it can connect people and how we can learn more about ourselves through it.”
Paying homage to the service industry
The nearly 90-minute comedy features a cast of unexpected characters, paying homage, Mary Jane Deer said, to the sometimes chaotic nature of the service industry.
“Think if John Hughes, ‘The Office,’ and The Food Network got all smashed together,” Mary Jane Deer said. “So it is about a college kid who’s trying to get a letter of recommendation and needs a quote-unquote real job. So she takes a job as a line cook at a restaurant run by ex-cartel members and cons, and it’s basically their whole antics and shenanigans trying to survive the summer and service. “…