Frances Ferguson

A comedy by Bob Byington (7 Chinese Brothers, Infinity Baby)—the master of offbeat humor—chooses a small-town teacher from Nebraska as its protagonists. The eponymous Frances Ferguson leads a quiet, though rather dull life, takes care of her daughter and argues with her husband, who is more interested in watching porn on his phone than in his marital duties. To escape her stark reality, she begins an affair with an excessively handsome student. But she pays a heavy price for it. Perhaps a too heavy? France Ferguson is based on a series of articles in New York Post which described reported cases of abuse done by school teachers. Byington is however less interested the illegal relationships and more focused on the further lives of convicts. How do the deal with social stigma? And what are their chances for rehabilitation?