Dirty Girl is the story of Danielle (Juno Temple), the dirty girl of Norman High School, Norman, Oklahoma circa 1987. When Danielle’s misbehaviour gets her banished to a remedial class, she is paired on a parenting project with Clarke (Jeremy Dozier), an innocent closet-case with no friends.
Danielle is determined to get to California to find the father she’s never met and Clarke is desperate to escape being sent military school by his homophobic father. Together the mismatched misfits head out for California and discover each other and themselves through a funny and serendipitous friendship.