1953年,黑人家庭Emory一家从北卡罗来纳州搬去洛杉矶的一个全白人社区,看似理想安逸的地方却隐藏着现实与超自然的危险。
根据沃尔特·特维斯的小说改编,这个成长故事探索了天才背后真正的代价。20 世纪 50 年代末,年幼的贝丝·哈蒙(安雅·泰勒-乔伊饰)被遗弃并托付给肯塔基州的一家孤儿院。她具有惊人的国际象棋天赋,同时对政府提供给孩童的镇静剂上瘾。贝丝被自己心中的恶魔所困扰,在药物和痴迷的双重作用下,她变成了一个令人印象...
Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He postpones the trial because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmas time. But he feels sorry for her and arranges for her bail, and ends up taking her home to his moth...