当她的父母在一场突然的车祸中丧生时，电视演员弗兰基·金（Alana Hawley Purvis饰）在与家人疏远20年后回到了她位于阿尔伯塔省农村的家乡，面对这场悲剧。当她挣扎着与哥哥格雷森（乔·佩里饰）重新建立联系时，旧伤重新被揭开，家庭秘密被揭开。

Told through a series of interweaving dramatic stories, The Valley Below chronicles the life of a small town over the course of one year. The film's protagonists include a pregnant teenager, a hard-drinking musician, a reclusive taxidermist, and an ambitious RCMP officer.