Burning Palms

Five tales of madness set in L.A. In “Green-Eyed Monster,” a foul-mouthed 15-year-old comes home from private school to meet Dedra, the woman her dad plans to marry. Father-daughter antics creep Dedra out. In “Little Piggy,” a woman can’t get the stink off a finger she’s used to stimulate her boyfriend during sex. “Buyer’s Remorse” presents Tom and Gerry, a West Hollywood couple, who buy a child on the black market; she takes weeks to say her first word. In “Kangaroo Court,” a nasty kid torments a maid in his household by stealing the placenta of her dead baby. In “Man Eater,” a woman tracks down a rapist who has left his wallet at her house. When she finds him, what will she do? —