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AT STORM, a teenager attending an exclusive all girl's private school struggles with gaining the acceptance of New York's most privileged kids.CAT resides on the elite Upper East Side of New York with her hypochondriac, younger brother PETE and their mother LILY, an aging beauty. LILY, is a caring mother but too preoccupied with work and financial problems to give enough attention to her children.CAT attends Hewitt, the most prestigious and costly Prep school in New York City. DELILAH, CAT's precocious and sex crazed best friend is a bad influence on Cat, always leading her down troubles path.WILLIAM, the most popular and best-looking guy in high school is the guy CAT worships. Yet WILLIAM and his friend TOBY are part of the "In" crowd known as the BP's, which is short for THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. WILLIAM wouldn't think of dating outside the circle. HEATHER, WILLIAM'S girlfriend of the moment and her friends PEG and GRACE keep a tight rein on who gets in the BPs.DELILAH finds herself expelled from Hewitt on cocaine possession, leaving CAT alone to fend for herself. Fortunately for CAT, she is befriended by GRACE, A BP who takes her under her wing, allowing her to become a member of the BP's . Once accepted into the clique, CAT finds out that WILLIAM does like her. After a series of all night partying sessions, CAT and WILLIAM finally kiss and consummate their budding romance. DELILAH feeling left out, blames CAT, embarking on a drug binge which culminates in a wild one nighter with MICK JAGGER. In the meantime, a beloved Doorman is blamed for a rash of burglaries at the BP's apartments.CAT feels she's reached the pinnacle of success with the BP's when WILLIAM escorts her to the Gold and Silver Ball. After the ball WILLIAM gets CAT coked up out of her mind. The next morning WILLIAM thinks she's OD'd and he tries to hide her body by stuffing her down a garbage chute. Thankfully CAT is saved when WILLIAM realizes she isn't dead, but passed out.CAT is shunned by the group as a result of what she believes was her drug indiscretion, when in actuality WILLIAM has told everyone that she is half Jewish. He does this to take away any attention from the fact he almost killed CAT. CAT finds herself alone and comes upon the true identity of the person who has been pilfering from the BP's apartments... WILLIAM, not the Doorman. CAT takes her information to the police. WILLIAM seeks revenge by pushing CAT's brother PETE down a flight of stairs. CAT, fearing for her life - ditches school in order to avoid the confrontation that awaits her with the BP's.LILY finds out that CAT ditched school and kicks her out of the apartment. Homeless, CAT invites herself to the HAMPTONS with TOBY's sister ELOISE. At the beach, CAT runs into DELILAH and patches up their friendship. Later that night, DELILAH gets extremely wasted and gets a ride home from WILLIAM, who tells DELILAH he has to make a quick stop, which turns out to be a gay club. The club is where WILLIAM sells off his stolen property. DELILAH secretly follows WILLIAM only to find him getting a hand job from another guy. WILLIAM knowing this information will destroy everything for him, goes after DELILAH and kills her.After the death of DELILAH and all that has taken place, CAT looks at the BP's with a new perspective, realizing that these people are not who she wants to be with. LILY realizes that she may have made a mistake forcing her family to try to keep up with others when they could no longer afford to. CAT realizes that she actually likes herself and that in the end, her family is the most important group to belong to.Set against the backdrop of the 80's sex, drugs and music, TART brings together the affluent world of CRUEL INTENTIONS with the dysfunction of LESS THAN ZERO.
Director(s): Christina Wayne By reelplay.com
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