"With chronological narrative, stylish photography, music, costumes of great contrasts, innovating cinematography and rare moods, Hal Hartley composes his minimalistic style.

When student Maria tells her parents that she is pregnant it leads to her father dying of an heart-attack and herself being thrown out of the house. By chance she meets electro-genius Matthew that lives with his despot of a father, and a peculiar romance arises.

Hal Hartley`s second film after his debut feature "The Unbelievable Truth" (1989), is a surreal independent film about two loners from the working class that are entangled in a whimsical though adorable romance without knowing that they are destined for each other.

Compunded by witty and overlapping dialog, paradox situations and archetype characters, Hal Hartley creates a colorful and fabulous universe that describes life's irony, fragility, triviality, ambiguity and harmony in a comical, sophisticated and enriching way.

Hal Hartley`s individualistic film style is characterized by fertile acting, detailed depictions of milieu, frequent close-ups, alternate perspectives and short takes, that in interaction with the talkative scripts fast dialog increases the films progression. "Trust" is an inventive film experiment about tricky family relations and peoples needs of being seen, heard and believed."