DVD Release Date: November
2, 1999
Runtime:112 min.
Starring: Alyssa Milano, Xander Berkeley, Johnathon Schaech, Belinda Bauer,
Victoria Haas
Director(s): Anne Goursaud
MPAA Rating: R (for strong sexuality, and for language.)
Genre(s): Drama - Thriller
Lily is a sheltered art
student from Michigan attending college in California. She finds an apartment
and she soon notices her roommates Tanya, Bridgette and Robert, all art
students, aren't quite normal. For the first time out of her village, she is
still used to her protected life in Michigan and frequently calls her parents.
One day she discovers a box of items belonging to Ivy, a girl she has never met
before. In the box, she finds nude pictures of the girl and her diary. She is
soon drawn to the content, also desiring for the girl's sexual confidence and
fearlessness. In class, she has trouble expressing herself, unlike Gredin, an
attractive co-student and sculptor she soon starts dating. Meanwhile, she has
found a job, babysitting Daphne, the daughter of her art teacher Donald Falk.
Lily slowly becomes obsessed with Ivy's letters and photos, attempting to take
over her image. Soon enough, she cuts her hair, pierces her belly button and
starts wearing more revealing clothes. Gredin grows even more attracted to her
and it doesn't take long before they start having sex. He is unamused by the
amount of private time she spends with Donald, though, but she explains it's
because of the babysitting. She inspires Donald to perform art again, having
long been afraid to express himself. She agrees to posing nude for him and finds
a way to express herself in the meantime. During this process, he secretly falls
in love with her, which has a great deal of impact on his marriage to Angela.
One day, Lily catches Gredin and Bridgette together. Feeling upset, she starts
to rebel, thereby estranging herself from her friends. At a party, she enjoys
the attention she is getting from men and she amuses herself, until she sees
Gredin intimately dancing with another girl. Trying to make him jealous, she
kisses a masked guy, turning out to be Robert. She eventually spends the night
with Gredin, but he dumps her the next day, explaining she has changed too much.
Meanwhile, Angela has found Donald's drawing of Lily and thinks he has an affair
with her. Donald, already depressed since he saw Lily kissing Gredin, takes it
out on Lily. He later claims he is in love with her and tries to kiss her. She
is initially unamused by his attempts, but they eventually heavily make out with
each other, until they are interrupted. She leaves and soon reunited with Gredin.
Not much later, she is invited for dinner at the Falk family and brings Gredin
with her, which upsets Donald. When they are alone in a room, Donald forces
himself up to Lily. She tries to stop him, but has no success. They are
eventually caught in the act by Daphne, who runs away and is hit by a car. Lily,
traumatized by what happened that night, returns home and destroys everything
that has to do with Ivy. She is surprised by a psychotic Donald, who attacks
her. Gredin tries to survive her, but he beats him up and even tries to stab
him. She tries to run away by going to the roof. He follows her and eventually
falls off to his death. In the end, Lily and Gredin say they love each other and
they finally decide to be with each other.