خلاصه داستان : دختری از شهری کوچک برای پرداخت قبضهایش هویت هم اتاقی اش را جعل کرده اما به دردسر برزگ می افتد...

Alberta, a mousy young woman with the survival skills of a snail, loses cash that isn't hers, so she runs from her small town to Seattle where her old babysitter, Celene, lives - a dominatrix with a classy apartment and a life plan. She lets Alberta stay. Alberta gets a job as a checker at a supermarket and becomes fascinated with Celene's work.

خلاصه داستان : وقتی یک اقدام اشتباه پس از تیراندازی در محل کار، مارسی الکلی را به مرخصی می آورد، او برای دیدن خواهرش به کالیفرنیا می رود. در نیمه راه، او در جاده برایت هیل متوقف می شود...

When a misstep after a workplace shooting puts alcoholic Marcy on leave, she heads out to see her sister in California. Halfway there, she stops for a couple of days at the Bright Hill Road Boarding House. The walls close in on the deeply troubled Marcy, as she loses touch with reality and comes face to face with the misdeeds of her sordid past.