At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal is to take find out more...

Jackie's job is sitting in front of a bank of TV screens watching the good folk of Glasgow go about ther business. She spies on kids who fight, dogs who walk, cleaners who dance and drunken young couples who grab quickies behind lock-ups. Jackie is depressed, resigned to sadness, damaged, and it won't be till the end of the film that we uncover her past tragedy. Then into her screen steps Clyde, a man we quickly sense is dangerous, a man she starts to flirt with and a man conected to that traged find out more...