Fourteen year old Henrietta, Henri for short, longs for everything she doesn't have. Looking down a road that turns bad instead of right, Henri and her mother Kate are forced to move in with her grandmother in a leaking shack on the edge of town. Henri is hell bent on finding a way out.

At the same time, Henri meets a boy at school, Chat Turly, and becomes infatuated with his seemingly ideal wealthy family. Henri overlooks some of the curious behavior she witnesses at the Turlys', choosing instead to see what she wants to see as she tries desperately to become a part of the family. When Henri can no longer ignore the severe flaws in Chat's home life, she takes stock of her comic and tragic roots and realizes she possesses a different kind of wealth.

Evergreen marked Zentelis' feature film directorial debut. The film was selected to participate in the prestigious Sundance Institute Writer's Lab in 2000 and won Zentelis a 2002 NYFA Grant in screenwriting. Zentelis has directed videos for major record labels on Eric Clapton and Wilco among others and her original screenplay, Grasping The Sparrow'S Tail, is being produced by Bridget Johnson Films. This film features Emmy Winner Mary Kay Place (The Big Chill, Being John Malkovich, Sweet Home Alabama), Cara Seymour (Adaptation, Gangs of New York, Girl, Interrupted), Gary Farmer (Dead Man, Smoke Signals), Oscar Nominee Bruce Davison (Longtime Companion, X-Men, X2), and an all-original score by John Stirratt AND Pat Sansone (Autumn Defense, Wilco).