Isolated from the outside world, fifteen-year-old Lara lives in seclusion on a vast country estate with her father and strict governess Miss Fontaine. Late one evening, a mysterious carriage crash brings a young girl into their home to recuperate. Lara immediately becomes enchanted by this strange visitor who arouses her curiosity and awakens her burgeoning desires.
Alice, in the passionate embrace of her young lover as she finally succumbs to temptation. However, when her husband James returns home early, Alice finds herself in an emotional minefield as she attempts to save her marriage while simultaneously negotiating her lover's escape.
A half-Japanese woman begins to see her mother's early-onset dementia as a monster that haunts them both in this bilingual horror.
Ensemble drama, surrounding the tumultuous relationships of the McKenna family on an extraordinary day. In the final days of his life, having suffered through a terminal illness, world-renowned playwright Daniel McKenna hosts a party in his beloved summer house, in order to bid a fond farewell to all of his friends and family.
