The film follows eileen, a lonely and unhappy young woman who works at a juvenile prison in a bleak massachusetts town in 1964 Drawn by rebecca’s glamorous personality, eileen quickly befriends her. Her life changes when she meets rebecca, a glamorous and charismatic psychologist who takes an interest in her.
Based on ottessa moshfegh’s astonishing first novel of the same name (screen adaptation by luke goebel), “eileen” spends time establishing eileen’s life rhythm, so we understand how destabilizing it is when that rhythm is shattered. (he believes he is being watched.) Set during a bitter 1964 massachusetts winter, young secretary eileen becomes enchanted by the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works
She lives with her father, a former police officer who is an alcoholic and suffers from paranoia
