A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally i…

Edward在即将前往非洲当志愿者之前与家人在小岛上相聚。他的父亲常常不能来参加家庭聚会，然而这一次他的缺席终于让一家人之间埋藏已久的愤怒和压抑的情感爆发出来。