Blue Gardens

Hiroto is an ex-surfing champion from Japan. Hiroto once loved his girlfriend, Maria, and now, has lost his passion for surfing after he lost her. He is new in town and gets a job in a gardening company, where he teams up with another Japanese man, Ricky, to clean clients' yards. Soon after Hiroto starts a new job, he saves Linda, a high school girl, from drowning in the ocean. Hiroto still daydreams of Maria, yet, he cannot resist Linda. Despite a warning by Ricky, Hiroto goes to bed with Linda. He regrets this immediately. He blames himself for not protecting Maria successfully in the past and he's afraid the same thing will happen to Linda. He decides to leave Linda. After he moves and starts working at another gardening company, Detective Peterson comes to take him to the police station for questioning. Hiroto finds out that the police are trying to locate Linda, who has been missing for a week. Since there is no solid proof, the police let Hiroto go. Hiroto begins to have recurring nightmares soon after. In his dreams, his relationship with Maria contradicts his memories. Was Maria really in love with Hiroto? Does Hiroto have something to do with Linda's disappearance? The film unfolds the mysteries as we observe Hiroto's inner and outer world.