劇情縱覽
兩位女生,在相隔一年進(jìn)入不同的「社會(huì)新鮮人」階段後分開,在這十年之間,她們靠近、生活、陪伴、理解。
兩位女生,在相隔一年進(jìn)入不同的「社會(huì)新鮮人」階段後分開,在這十年之間,她們靠近、生活、陪伴、理解。
2008年金融危機(jī)下,美國內(nèi)華達(dá)州昂皮爾小鎮(zhèn)的重要經(jīng)濟(jì)支柱石膏廠倒閉,人去鎮(zhèn)空,這里的郵政編碼也被取消。丈夫去世后,幾乎在在昂皮爾小鎮(zhèn)度過了一生的弗恩(弗蘭西斯·麥克多蒙德飾)無力獨(dú)撐生活。為了將生活成本壓到最低,她將簡(jiǎn)陋的家當(dāng)搬上了改裝后的廂式貨車,開始了一邊打工、一邊西行的公路生活。她在亞馬遜流水線上、在游樂園的咖啡廳里、在國家森林公園做臨時(shí)工。一路上,她和許多廂式貨車寄居者相遇、相識(shí),彼此幫助,并締結(jié)了友誼。
美麗少女安吉?阿爾布萊特(莎拉?湯普森 Sarah Thompson 飾)獨(dú)自到位于偏遠(yuǎn)山區(qū)小鎮(zhèn)的亞當(dāng)斯學(xué)院求學(xué)。這里看似安寧,卻是個(gè)地道的危險(xiǎn)所在,一段時(shí)間內(nèi)不斷傳出女孩失蹤并被殺害的消息。某天,安吉在學(xué)校布告欄看到招聘保姆的通知。為了賺取生活費(fèi),她前往通知上所寫的農(nóng)莊應(yīng)聘。雇主是年輕的史丹頓夫婦吉姆(布魯斯?托馬斯 Bruce Thomas 飾)和瓦爾莉特(Kristen Dalton 飾),他們即將參加農(nóng)場(chǎng)舉行的集會(huì),因此招聘保姆照看他們年幼的兒子山姆(凱伊?卡斯特 Kai Caster 飾)。應(yīng)聘當(dāng)夜,山姆很早上床睡覺,安吉?jiǎng)t獨(dú)自一人看書,這一晚似乎平靜輕松。但隨之后來的一系列事件隨即引起安吉的恐慌:默不作聲的騷擾電話、不斷撞擊的房門、沉默冷靜的山姆、經(jīng)常尾隨安吉的神秘男子。這一切的背后,仿佛隱藏著更為恐怖的秘密……
該片故事靈感來自于布萊姆·斯托克的經(jīng)典小說《德古拉》,是一部當(dāng)代恐怖驚悚片,講述一個(gè)年輕女子因被追求而變得神魂顛倒,但她意識(shí)到,一個(gè)哥特式的陰謀正在發(fā)生。
Anna is stuck: she's approaching 30, living like a hermit in her mum's garden shed and wondering why the suffragettes ever bothered. She spends her days making videos using her thumbs as actors - thumbs that bicker about things like whether Yogi Bear is a moral or existential nihilist. But Anna doesn't show these videos to anyone and no one knows what they are for. A week before her birthday her Mum serves her an ultimatum - she needs to move out of the shed, get a haircut that doesn't put her gender in question and stop dressing like a homeless teenager. Naturally, Anna tells her Mum to "back the f-off". However, when her school friend comes to visit, Anna's self-imposed isolation becomes impossible to maintain. Soon she is entangled with a troubled eight year old boy obsessed with Westerns, and the local estate agent whose awkward interpersonal skills continually undermine his attempts to seduce her.