 On a Friday after a horrific train crash, three newsmen in Adelaide must take stock: Nick, a photojournalist, learns he has cancer; Andy, a writer with two children who live with his ex, learns his lover Anna is pregnant; Phil, an editor, realizes he s missing his children s growing up. That afternoon, Meryl, an artist who illustrates sympathy cards and constantly imagines disasters, witnesses a train accident kill a man. At the crash site, she meets Nick, and a relationship flowers over the next three days. Nick s mother, Andy s kids and ex, the dead man s girlfriend, the driver of the train, and his son round out an ensemble of grief and sorrow. Can decisions to act bring hope?