Marcelo in the real world

Marcelo is a young man with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) whose quiet life outside Boston, protected by routine and a carefully controlled environment, is suddenly upended when his father convinces him to take a summer job at his law firm. There, Marcelo meets Jazmine, a young colleague in the mailroom who challenges him to explore his potential and trust his own way of seeing the world. As he struggles to navigate social interactions in the corporate world and the office’s complex power dynamics, Marcelo uncovers a dark secret connected to his father’s work that threatens to destroy the future of the firm — and everything Marcelo has believed to be true. Ultimately, Marcelo must choose between giving in and adapting to the “real world”... or risking everything to do what he believes is right.