Description
When a young girl is found murdered, the lives of several different individuals are impacted. Some of these connections are peripheral, while many others are painfully direct. The film is broken up into five distinct chapters, each with it's own title. In "The Stranger", Arden finds the body, much to her abusive mother's dismay. "The Sister" follows a graduate student who is still mourning the disappearance of her sister along with her mother. Mary Beth Hurt stars in "The Wife" as a frustrated housewife who discovers that her husband has been up to no good. "The Mother" features Marcia Gay Harden as a heartbroken mother who travels to Los Angeles to see how her murdered daughter lived and forms an unlikely bond with her daughters former room mate. Lastly, "The Dead Girl" tells the story of Krista, a tempestuous drug addict who wants to visit her daughter on her birthday, but fate conspires to bring her down. Director Karen Moncrieff Star Toni Collette, Brittany Murphy, Marcia Gay Harden Special Features: Full Frame Format.