Killing Stella

To take up her studies in the city, shy and introverted Stella is set up with Anna’s family by her mother in order to live in Anna‘s house. Anna and her successful lawyer husband Richard take her in hesitatingly and also their only teenage son does not embrace Stella’s presence. Despite her initial hesitations Anna recognizes Stella’s hidden beauty and buys her clothes that turn Stella into an attractive young women. Richard also notices her transformation and seduces Stella who gives in and briefly seems to bloom in this hidden and guilty relationship. When Anna finds out about their affair she is unable to confront as is her son who had already found out earlier and both remain silent. Even after Richard finally spurns and forsakes a pregnant and desperate Stella, Anna and her son remain silent, with Stella becoming their joint victim.