A young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people's lives.
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A New York teenager faces a crisis of conscience in this psychological drama from director Kenneth Lonergan. While out shopping in Manhattan one afternoon, 17-year-old high school student Lisa (Anna Paquin) inadvertently distracts a bus driver (Mark Ruffalo), resulting in a fatal accident. Racked with guilt, she spends the following weeks trying to set the record straight, but becomes increasingly frustrated when she meets with unexpected opposition. If that wasn't enough, Lisa's strongly held ideals soon bring her into emotional conflict with those around her, in particular, her teachers, friends and family.
Kenneth Lonergan's MARGARET stars Anna Paquin stars as Lisa an emotionally immature overly-articulate 17-year-old Manhattanite with an emotionally carnivorous actress for a mother and a distant businessman father who lives on the West Coast with his new younger wife One day while trolling the upper west side for a cowboy hat she spots a bus driver (Mark Ruffalo) sporting the perfect ten-gallon headwear She tries to get his attention and while distracted he causes a fatal accident After the bus driver is found to be faultless due in part to Lisa's initial statement to the police she seeks out the victim's best friend (Jeannie Berlin) and together they find a lawyer willing to bring a case against the bus company as well as the driver Meanwhile she's still dealing with all the regular stress in her life including a nice guy with a crush on her a jerk who she calls when she's ready to lose her virginity her mother picking fights with her so that she can get emotionally worked up enough to be marvelous on stage hating her father's new wife and verbally destroying any classmate who express the slightest bit of empathy for Muslims (Lisa is still full of righteous anger 5 years after 911)
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