This is a modern interpretation of the bard's tragedy, set in the claustrophobic confines of a stretch limousine which prowls the streets of a contemporary landscape as its agoraphobic passengers struggle for existential meaning in a dog eat dog world where only the fit survive, and tragedy unfolds.
A gifted high-school student flubs her college admissions interviews for the most unexpected reasons in this independent coming-of-age drama. Cynical, world-weary Evie is more interested in taking care of her family than getting into the Ivy League institutions for which she seems destined. Dad Harry spends all his time building model trains in the basement, while workaholic mom Martha depends on Evie to take care of her other daughter, developmentally challenged Emily. When she's not busy reading poetry to her sister Emily, Evie hangs out with James (Fran Kranz), the sensitive boy next door, whose romantic overtures prove too confusing to acknowledge. College also seems too daunting, so Evie deliberately blows one university interview after another in the hopes of staying at home as her sister's keeper. Meanwhile, Evie begins passing off her own poems as Emily's, fuelling the belief that her brain-damaged sister is actually a literary savant.
1953 год. В Америке идет борьба женщин за свои права, и в это время Кэтрин Энн Уотсон, выпускница Беркли, получает место преподавателя истории искусств в женском колледже Уэллесли. Однако среди руководства и преподавательского состава колледжа преобладают патриархальные взгляды на роль женщины в этом мире. Кэтрин со страстным энтузиазмом бросается в борьбу за равноправие полов, и оказывает огромное влияние на студенток, в том числе на Бетти и Джоан. Общение с ними меняет не только их, но и заставляет ее по-новому взглянуть на собственную жизнь…
