White Oleander chronicles the life of Astrid (Alison Lohman), a young teenager who journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) goes to prison for committing a crime of passion. Set adrift in the world, Astrid struggles to become her own person while coming to terms with the challenges of living life on her own.
Fascinating poetess ingrid Magnussen is madly falld in love in likable Barri, without suspecting, that its happiness soon will be changed into the bitter disappointment. Burning from the thirst of vengeance, it poisons traitor by the poison of white oleander.
Young Astrid magnussen, having forever lost its mother, who departs the life imprisonment, too early learns, what solitude is, desperation and fear. But, despite not on what, it continues to love its mother, after learning in it to survive in the severe peace and learning it to love without the pain and the sufferings...