About this item

Soon after arriving to teach at a small town college, Abe Lucas (Joaquin Phoenix) gets involved with two women, Rita Richards (Parker Posey) , a lonely professor who wants him to rescue her from her unhappy marriage; and Jill Pollard (Emma Stone) , his best student, who becomes his closest friend. While Jill loves her boyfriend Roy (Jamie Blackley) , she finds Abes tortured, artistic personality and exotic past irresistible. Pure chance changes everything when Abe and Jill overhear a strangers conversation and when Abe makes a profound choice, he is able to embrace life to the fullest again. But his decision sets off a chain of events that will affect him, Jill and Rita forever.

Learn more on imdb
Learn more on MovieDB