In New York, a coal barge skipper with a troubled past receives a letter from his estranged 20-year-old daughter, who's leaving her farm life in Minnesota to reunite with him. The daughter, Anna, has a hidden past marked by hardship and secrecy, having worked in a brothel to survive. As she settles into life on the barge with her father, she meets a sailor named Matt, and they fall deeply in love. However, when Matt proposes, Anna's past demons resurface, and she must confront the darkness that has haunted her for so long.
Anna Christie
A complex web of relationships unfolds as a woman reconnects with her distant father and finds romance with a sailor, all while grappling with the secrets of her troubled past.