MARLA might be the strangest love story youโve seen. Itโs intimate, intense and surprising; romantic but dark. Marla and Sam meet in the restroom of a bar. They talk and ๏ฌ irt, but this isnโt just a story of boy meets girl. Marla is a woman living with a strange medical condition โ something she brazenly describes to Sam during their ๏ฌrst conversation. This is a kind of challenge โ she dares Sam to be shocked, repelled or intrigued. Sam is all of these things. What happens between Sam and Marla affects them both profoundly โ more than love