Jodi Russell

After surviving a tragic accident, a floundering screenwriter meets a woman and her young daughter who change his convictions about love and success.

Based on the actual events of the Iowa University killings in 1991, Dark Matter stars Academy Award Winner Meryl Streep and Aidan Quinn. Liu Xing (Liu Ye) is a humble but brilliant Chinese student who arrives at Valley State University and makes a bumpy transition into American life with the help and support of wealthy university patron, Joanna Silver (Meryl Streep). Before long, Xing joins a select cosmology group under the direction of his hero, the famous cosmologist Professor Jacob Reiser (Aidan Quinn). The group is working to create a model of the origins of the universe and Xing's enormous talent leads him quickly to become Reiser's protege. But when Xing's obsession with the study of dark matter challenges Prof. Reiser's work, Xing finds his bright future in science shattered. Unable to bear the indignation, Xing returns to campus with a loaded gun.