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On an off-the-grid farm deep in the rural American South, four girls with no names live in a small room. They know they’re lucky — their only job is to be ready for him and keep him happy. 4 is new, so 1 and 3 teach her the rules; 2 just wants to look at the birds. As they struggle to survive starvation, sexual abuse, and forced isolation, they voice doubts about the way he makes them live. But when they hatch...
On an off-the-grid farm deep in the rural American South, four girls with no names live in a small room. They know they’re lucky — their only job is to be ready for him and keep him happy. 4 is new, so 1 and 3 teach her the rules; 2 just wants to look at the birds. As they struggle to survive starvation, sexual abuse, and forced isolation, they voice doubts about the way he makes them live. But when they hatch a plan to stop their tormentor once and for all, their solidarity unravels — and the lines between victim and perpetrator start to blur in this exploration of white feminism, religious trauma, and the American obsession with true crime.