A coal barge skipper in New York receives a letter from his estranged daughter, who has a troubled past after working in a brothel to survive. She moves to the barge to live with her father, who abandoned her 15 years ago. The skipper's life is turned upside down when his daughter and a sailor he rescues from the sea fall in love, but her dark secrets threaten to tear them apart.
Anna Christie
A daughter confronts her complicated family history when she reunites with her estranged father and falls for a charming sailor, only to find herself torn between her desire for love and her fear of revealing her troubled past.