In Los Angeles, the 25-year-old Roy is a salesman on the surface, but actually makes a living by cheating. His girlfriend Myra is a prostitute who intends to cheat with Roy, but Roy refuses. One time Roy failed to deceive and was beaten up. His mother Lily came to visit her son and guessed that Roy was following in her footsteps as a liar, so she begged her son to forgive her past and persuade him Diverted. Myra proposed to Roy to run a big business in partnership. After being rejected again, she angrily accused Roy of falling in love with her mother. Lily got some money scammed when registering a bet, but Myra knew about it, so she informed the big liar Bobo Justus. Lily, who was terrified of Bobo, fled to a motel in a car filled with swindled money. Unexpectedly, Myra followed him. Roy was summoned by the police to identify his mother’s unrecognizable body, Roy recognized The body is Myra, but he said nothing. Lily tried to flee with the money Roy obtained by fraud, but was caught by her son on the spot. Lily told Roy: She killed Myra out of self-defense because Myra wanted to strangle her. Roy ignored her mother's plea and insisted that she surrender herself. In desperation, Lily was even willing to have sex with her son, provided that the son would give her money. When Roy flinched, Lily, who scolded her son, accidentally smashed the glass he was holding. Roy, who was stabbed in the throat by the shards, fell to the ground and died. After crying bitterly, Lily collected the money that had fallen on the floor and fled the scene.
The Grifters movie plot
2022-01-13 08:01
Extended Reading
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Dayana 2022-01-13 08:01:48
Beauty + cleverness loses to caution + tact; prudent + tact loses to ruthlessness + greed. The final blow immediately shattered all the historical meaning of the term "mother".
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Elenora 2022-03-24 09:03:04
A film about a liar starring John Cusack and Annette Bening, which won 4 Oscars for Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 63rd (1991) Academy Awards nominate. I don't see how good the movie is.
The Grifters quotes
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Bobo Justus: [trying to get an explanation for Lilly's horse bet] You want to talk to me straight up?
Lilly Dillon: My son.
Bobo Justus: Your what?
Lilly Dillon: My son was in the hospital.
Bobo Justus: What the fuck are you doing with a son?
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Roy Dillon: It's great to get away, isn't it? Take some time off. Next week, I'll be back to work.
Myra Langtry: You already went back to work.
Roy Dillon: What?
Myra Langtry: I watched you, working the tat on those sailor boys.
Roy Dillon: Working the what?
Myra Langtry: Oh, come on, Roy, the tat. What you do for a living.
Roy Dillon: I'm a salesman.
Myra Langtry: You're on the grift, same as me.
Roy Dillon: Myra, I'm not following you.
Myra Langtry: Roy, you're a short-con operator... and a good one, I think. Don't talk to me like I'm another square!