Sweet Violets (2012)

취미는 유튜브 동영상 올리기. 학교에선 가장 조용한 학생. 친구는 별로 없고 성격은 내성적. 고등학교 진학을 앞두고 걱정이 많은 편. 모든 것에 조금씩 서툰 8학년 사춘기 여학생의 중학교 시절 마지막 한 주를 담은 이야기.

어린 나이에 교통사고로 부모를 여의고 고아가 된 남매, 새미(로라 리니)와 테리(마크 러팔로)는 아주 다른 삶을 살지만 서로 가깝게 지낸다. 어린 나이에 결혼과 이혼을 경험한 새미는 자신의 모든 정열을 8살 박이 아들에게 쏟는 과보호 어머니이다. 반면 테리는 말썽 많고 자유분방한 삶을 살아간다. 어느 날 테리가 돈을 빌리러 고향에 왔을 때 뜻밖의 사건을 당하고 그는 새미와 루디(로리 컬킨)와 잠시 동안 함께 살게 된다. 남매는 좋은 관계를 유지하려고 노력하고 선한 의도로 서로를 대한다. 하지만 새미와 테리의 인간적 유사점이 되려 서로에게 반감만 일으키고 마침내 그들은 따로 떨어져 살기로 하는데...

For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.

중국에서 살던 주선생(랑웅)은 태극권 교수직을 은퇴한 후 미국인과 결혼한 아들과 함께 살기 위해 뉴욕으로 건너온다. 선생과 아들의 부인인 마사의 관계는 처음부터 삐걱거리기 시작한다. 기본적인 의사소통이 불가능하며, 둘의 생활방식이 전혀 달라 서로를 이해하는데 어려움을 겪는다. 게다가 아들이 아침에 출근하고 손자가 등교하고 나면 글을 쓰는 마사와 단 둘이 남게 되는데… 위태위태한 일상을 이어가는 이 둘은 과연 가족이 될 수 있을까?

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