
Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.
A quiet, simmering intensity builds as a lonely teacher becomes dangerously fixated on a young student's prodigious talent. It's a deeply felt, unsettling character study that explores the dark side of artistic devotion and desperate yearning.














