Like a caged celebrity unprepared for the spotlight of fame, Leanne is a deer in headlights when newscasters and reporters swarm the squad car that has returned her home. But the notion of “home” is a deeply foreign, even abstract idea, and Leanne is about to begin decompressing into an ordeal arguably much more difficult than the one she has already survived and endured. Abducted 17 years ago, Leanne has been found and returned, her captor has been jailed, and her once-devastated parents are in a mix of shock and jubilation. But what should be a joyful reunion is anything but, and Leanne’s reappearance into the real world is like a child being thrown into the woods.
Instead of finally reclaiming their long-lost daughter, Marcy (Cynthia Nixon) and Glen (David Warshofsky) encounter a complete stranger named Leia (Saoirse Ronan). She remembers nothing of her childhood, is estranged from these guardians she believes she has never met, and is shellshocked by it all. Her “freedom” is...
