简介：Suspendedbetweencarefreeyouthandtheharshrealitiesoftheadultworld,ateenagegirlexperiencesanunsettlingawakeninginthishauntingvisionofinnocencelost.basedonthecelebratedshortstory“WhereAreYouGoing,WhereHaveYouBeen?”byJoyceCarolOates,thenarrativedebutfromJoyceChoprafeaturesarevelatorybreakoutperformancebyLauraDernasConnie,thefifteen-year-oldblacksheepofherfamilywhosesummertimeidyllofbeachtrips,mallhangouts,andinnocentflirtationsisshatteredbyanencounterwithamysteriousstranger(amemorablymenacingTreatWilliams).WinneroftheGrandJuryPrizeatSundance,SmoothTalkcapturesthethrillandterrorofadolescentsexualexplorationasittransformstheconventionsofacoming-of-agestoryintosomethingaltogethermoretroublingandprofound.