

“Getting him was easy. Keeping him could be deadly.”
Trina, a young model, becomes entangled with the charming Max. As their relationship deepens, she uncovers his dark secrets: a double life, a psychotic ex-girlfriend, and a dangerous obsession. When Trina crosses a line, she becomes the target of a deadly game of cat and mouse. Betrayal, madness, and murder ensue as the lines between love, obsession, and survival blur.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN

A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house, being conducted largely in German and involving her HUAC prosecutor. She begins to investigate, enlisting the help of the FBI Agent initially detailed to surveil her.

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he goes to murderous lengths to keep it hidden. The young man, Jimmy, who has suspicions, but little comes out until a Yankee woman comes to town.