To Leslie

Andrea Riseborough stars as Leslie, a single mother and alcoholic from West Texas who squanders her lottery winnings on liquor and drugs. Six years later, she's destitute, living in motels and on the streets until she reunites with her estranged son James (Owen Teague), who allows her to live with him under his roommates' provision that she not drink. Leslie soon steals money from James's roommate Darren, leading him to call his grandmother and friend Nancy (Allison Janney) for help, setting off a chain of events as she attempts to rebuild her life and find redemption in the form of a job at a motel owned by Sweeney (Marc Maron).