White Bird in a Blizzard 2014


White Bird in a Blizzard is an 2014 French-American drama thriller co-produced, written, and directed by Gregg Araki. The

film is based on the novel of the same name by Laura Kasischke and stars Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, and Christopher

Meloni. The film had its world première at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2014. The film will be released in

theaters on October 24, 2014 but was released on-demand and on iTunes on September 25, 2014.

When Kat was 17, her mother, Eve, disappeared without a word. The story weaves back-and-forth with flash-backs of Eve's

past life and the present day. In the flashbacks, Eve was a wild girl who gradually changed into household mother after

her marriage to Brock, an ordinary man who leads an uneventful life. While Kat explores her teenage years with her

neighbor and schoolmate, Phil, Eve struggles to deal with aging and quenching her youthful wildness. She tries to be sexy

when Brock is away, even luring Phil's attention. After Eve leaves, Kat deals with her abandonment without much issue,

occasionally releasing her own wild side, seducing the detective investigating her mother's disappearance. On a break

from college, Kat returns home and seems unfazed to learn that her father is in a relationship with a coworker.

The detective who Kat has been having an affair with informs her that Brock might have killed Eve after catching Eve

cheating. Kat dismisses this theory, just like she did two years ago. But after mentioning the topic to her friends Beth

and Mickey, they say that they had suggested that to her even before the cops, but Kat ignored it. Kat suspects Phil was

having an affair with Eve, and confronts him. Phil tells her that Brock knows where Eve is. Kat begins to unpack Brock's

suspiciously locked freezer, but is stopped when he walks in on her. Kat confronts Brock about her mother but he denies

having killed her. Believing him, she returns to college. Later, Brock drunkenly admits to murdering Eve, and then kills

himself in his jail cell.