T•C• Jeffords是一个自大、冷酷的农场主，他的女儿Vency一直希望代替死去的母亲，获得父亲的爱与权力，直到一天TC带回另一个女人。Vency与父亲决裂，并最终靠自己的力量夺走了农场。
议员瑞查得（约翰·斯坦丁 John Standing 饰）和妻子克罗丽萨（瓦妮莎·雷德格瑞夫 Vanessa Redgrave 饰）结婚已经三十余年了，彼此之间感情十分稳定。克罗丽萨正在准备一场盛大而奢华的宴会，这样的“工作”她已经进行了无数次，自然将一切打点得井井有条。 一位名为彼得（艾伦·考克斯 Alan Cox 饰）不速之客的出现让克罗丽萨的思绪回到了从前，彼时，她是风华正茂的少女，遇见了同样年轻英俊的彼得，两人情投意合，在一起度过了一段难忘的快乐时光。然而，瑞查得的出现却彻底改变了这一对佳偶的命运，最终，克罗丽萨选择了瑞查得，失望的彼得远走他乡。如今，彼得再度回到了克罗丽萨的身边，克罗丽萨发现，一种久违的激情和火热在胸中来回攒动。
A close-knit family is disrupted when the father fails to resurface during a professional dive. No funeral, no goodbye, just a house full of memories. Burdened by the elusive loss, Merel evades her husband's death and everything related to it. Her young children become entangled in their search for answers, eventually bringing the family to a hard stand. Merel has no choice but to face the loss in her own unique way, to start a new life together.
