Martha Horgan, a naive woman with an intellectual impairment who lives with her aunt Frances in a small town, is known for always telling the truth. She works at a dry cleaner, where her compulsive truth-telling leads her to report to the boss that another employee has been stealing from the cash register. The thief, in turn, accuses Martha, and she loses her job. In the mean time, a mysterious stranger named Mackey appears at Marthas residence after learning that Aunt Frances needs her porch repaired. Mackey is hired and becomes intimately involved with Martha... which only leads to tragedy.
1993
HD
102min
R
United States
English
Stephen Gyllenhaal
Gabriel Byrne
Paul Dooley
Jan Hooks
Debra Winger
Chloe Webb
David Strathairn
Barbara Hershey
John Terry
Richard Riehle
stealing
aunt
repairman
intellectual impairment
porch
