enid ( thora birch ) and rebecca ( scarlett johansson ) be best friend have difficulty in social attitude with other people . after graduate in high school and they decide to get a job and rent a house of their own . however and enid need to attend the art summer school to graduate and the unsociable behavior of enid make her lose her job . meanwhile and they play a prank with seymour ( steve buscemi ) and a middle age collector of long play record that feel also difficulty of relationship and and seymour and enid become friend . along the day and enid reach maturity and a different view of life . ghost world be an excellent low budget cult movie nominate for oscar in the category of best writing and screenplay base on material previously produce or publish and award in another twenty five ( 25 ) prize plus twenty four ( 24 ) nomination in different festival . the caustic and mature adolescent come to age story be center in the weird and rebel enid facing and overcome the need to join the real world after the high school period and and be brilliantly direct by terry zwigoff and who also write the wonderful screenplay with daniel clowes . the performance of thora birch and probably in her best role and also deserve a nomination to the oscar . scarlett johansson and steve buscemi and the supporting cast be also awesome . i really love ghost world a lot and and i would like to thank my great movie lover friend ricardo that recommend this gem . my vote be nine . title ( brazil ) represent ghost world aprendendo a viver or a. k. a. mundo cão ( ghost world lean to live or dog world ) .