Summer Girls

Recent high-school graduate Chelsea is determined to escape her alcoholic mother and to take her beloved younger sister, Mariah, with her. After Chelsea's graduation, the girls spend summer in a seaside town with their with their no-nonsense Aunt Bobbie. As Chelsea makes clumsy forays into adulthood, Mariah grows increasingly close with a warm and nurturing married couple - a pair of artists who eventually reveal themselves to be predators. This coming-of-age summer proves deeply traumatic for both sisters, in different ways.When the FBI knocks on Chelsea's door fifteen years later, it's because Mariah has joined a cult responsible for violent crimes; it's evident that Mariah is in serious danger. Chelsea must now revisit and dissect all the painful, messy details of that long-ago summer. Understanding Mariah's choices may be Chelsea's only chance to help extract her sister from the cult - before its elusive leader, Agape, persuades Mariah to take actions that will drive the sisters permanently apart.