But then, Jim breaks down. It is revealed that Amanda became pregnant in high school. Due to stress and trauma (the film handles this with profound sensitivity), she lost the baby. They were children who suffered an adult tragedy, and instead of healing together, they shattered and ran away from each other.
The premise of Blue Jay is deceptively simple. Jim (Mark Duplass), a quiet, middle-aged man, returns to his small hometown in California for the first time in years. He is there to pack up his late mother’s house, a task fraught with its own melancholy. While shopping in a grocery store, he bumps into Amanda (Sarah Paulson), his high school sweetheart whom he hasn't seen in over two decades. film blue jay