When two young students are interrupted during an intimate after school rehearsal, Mel notices her friend’s twisted connection with their drama teacher. Mel must do everything in her power to break Shelby out of Mr. Voznesky’s powerful spell.

Kicked out onto the street and with no favors left, Harriet, a shy 15-year-old girl, must secure a place to stay for the night in Manhattan’s Chinatown for herself and her abrasive mother, Lylah, who can no longer take care of them.

It's a serendipitous encounter - two Chinese high school girls track a certain adult woman living in New York City, eavesdropping on conversations between her and her former friend in the mundane of everyday life, attempting to understand the meaning of growing up.