Laura is from a middle-class background but due to her fathers absence her mother is struggling financially. Laura's Father left due to her mum having an affair, Laura blames her Mother for this which is basically the foundation of the conflicts the two have with each other.Laura and her Mother have different views on what Laura should do with her life, her denial towards, reflects in her choices, like wanting to drop out college and working in a tattoo parlour. Her mother disagrees and wants to send her to uni anyway, which is one of many fights they have. Both of them refuse to compromise with anything the other one has to say. There is an alternative group of drop outs who live quite an hardcore life and spend their time partying, raving and doing drugs. In a moment of anger, after a fight with her mother, her friends propose that they all run away and just have a blast and Laura goes for it. Laura steals her mother's money and the food she can find at home and leaves. They arrive at the desired spot of the journey and everyone including Laura is having a good time but after a few days on the road, the facade of the group is starting to crack and Laura starts seeing the group for what they are. When her presumed friends use her money to get drugs and booze instead of food supplies and important things, Laura realizes what she has gotten herself into. Also, Laura is angry and jealous as the guy who is the subject of her affections slept with her friend Maddie after kissing her which just adds to Laura's emotional turmoil. Troughout the trip, the mother continously tries to contact Laura but Laura refuses to talk to her.
When her friends ditch her and she tries to go home and when she finally arrives, her mother doesnt take her back in and simply tells her to go "live with her father", which shocks the audience and at the same time amuses it aswell due to the black humour-ish style of the scene.
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