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Experience the gripping tale of Lisa Spinelli, a 40-year-old stuck in an unsatisfying marriage and feeling unnoticed by her teenage children. Played by Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lisa finds solace in her role as a kindergarten teacher, navigating through life with quiet dispassion. However, everything changes when she discovers Jimmy, a five-year-old boy in her class, who may possess exceptional poetic talent. Suddenly, Lisa sees him as her ticket out of monotony. As she presents Jimmy’s work as her own in a poetry class, receiving praise and validation, her desire to mentor the child genius intensifies. Witness Lisa’s descent into obsession as she treads a dangerous path, attempting to fulfill her unfulfilled creative dreams through her young protege.