"The power of this sensitive and devilishly detailed coming-of-age drama is rooted in the friction that it finds between biblical paternalism and modern personhood." Indiewire

Sundance Film Festival
SXSW
São Paulo International Film Festival

Writer-director Laurel Parmet's debut film centres on seventeen-year-old Jem Starling (a sensational Eliza Scanlen), who is struggling to define her place within her fundamentalist Christian community in rural Kentucky. Even her greatest joy of dancing with the church group is tempered by worry that her actions are sinful and she is caught between a burgeoning awareness of her own sexuality and her religious devotion. With the return of Owen, an enigmatic youth pastor, Jem soon finds herself attracted to his worldliness and charm. Slowly, he draws her into a dangerous relationship that could upend their entire community.

USA - 2023 - 1h 57m
Directed by: Laurel Parmet
Written by: Laurel Parmet
Starring: Eliza Scanlen, Jimmi Simpson, Lewis Pullman