 This short feature film begins with a suicide attempt by Cathy (Lorna Lesley), and then follows by telling her story in flashbacks. Cathy is a neurotic young woman who retreats from cold British parents (Martin Vaughan, Judi Farr) into an equally uncommunicative relationship with a former teacher who aspires to be a poet (Sam Neill). Cathy s self-destructive behavior is presented as a legacy of her (British) family and past.