White Oleander

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Actors: Billy Connolly , Cole Hauser , John Billingsley , Patrick Fugit , Amy Aquino , Marc Donato , Svetlana Efremova , Debra Christofferson , Elisa Bocanegra , Darlene Bohorquez , Sean Happy , Sam Catlin , Solomon Burke Jr. , Vernon Haas , Scott Allan Campbell

Director: Peter Kosminsky

IMDB Rate: 7 out of 10 (13134 votes)

Plot Summary:Astrid Magnussen is a 15 year old girl, living in California. Her mother, Ingrid, is a beautiful, free-spirited poet. Their life, though unusual, is satisfying until one day, a man named Barry Kolker (that her mother refers to at first as The goat man) comes into their lives, and Ingrid falls madly in love with him, only to have her heart broken, and her life ruined. For revenge, Ingrid murders Barry with the deadly poison of her favourite flower The White Oleander. She is sent to prison for life, and Astrid has to go through foster home after foster home. Throughout nearly a decade she experiences forbidden love, religion, near-death experiences, drugs, starvation, and how it feels to be loved. But throughout these years, she keeps in touch with her mother via letters to prison. And while Ingrids gift is to give Astrid the power to survive, Astrids gift is to teach her Mother about love.