Virginia Cook

미국 뉴저지 주의 소도시 ‘패터슨’에 사는 버스 운전사의 이름은 ‘패터슨’이다. 매일 비슷한 일상을 보내는 패터슨은 일을 마치면 아내와 저녁을 먹고 애완견 산책 겸 동네 바에 들러 맥주 한 잔으로 하루를 마무리한다. 그리고 일상의 기록들을 틈틈이 비밀 노트에 시로 써내려 간다.

Living in rural New South Wales, working-class single mother Rhia is struggling to evade debt collectors and raise three young daughters. The eldest, and hardened beyond her years, Lou blames Rhia for the departure of her father, who walked out 10 months ago and hasn't been seen since. Mother-daughter relations hit bottom when Rhia takes in Doyle, her father in-law, who is in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's. Doyle turns Lou's initial hostility around with exciting tales of his South Seas adventures. But coursing deepest in his mind are fractured memories of Annie, his late wife. Before long, Doyle "sees" Annie in Lou and imagines he is courting her all over again.

A comic drama about a time in the near future when citizens are happy to be property traded on the stock exchange.