Wealthy and precocious teenager Juliet (Kate Winslet) transfers
from England to Christchurch, New Zealand, with her family, and forms a
bond with the quiet, brooding Pauline (Melanie Lynskey) through their
shared love of handsome big screen tenor Mario Lanza and games of make
believe. But when their parents begin to suspect that
their increasingly intense friendship is becoming unhealthy, the girls
decide to run away to America, hatching a dark plan for those who
threaten to keep them apart.
