When Alzheimer’s disease begins to strip away her mother’s vibrant personality, a headstrong young woman is forced to return to her oddball family in the conservative small town she recently fled in order to care for her. She quickly realizes she must accept the cruel and warped reality of the disease, and the imperfect beauty of her family, in order to become the daughter they need.

Lionel has a way with women. His sexual exploits make his friends jealous. One of them, Alain, challenges him to seduce a beautiful woman picked at random, fall in love with her and spend a night with her — but abstain from making love.

Set in the height of summer in Sydney, Australia, the story follows a unique, intimate relationship between a mother, Michelle and her teenage daughter, Laura. They act more like girlfriends together than parent and child. This relationship becomes threatened when the mother helps her daughter throw a house party to impress new, more popular friends. She gains admiring looks from her daughter's guests. Both of them notice it, and it makes them uncomfortable. As their relationship unravels throughout the night, a much more sinister threat emerges that will jeopardize their bond forever.

辛迪是一名现代舞蹈家，在行业里浸淫多年，无论是她的人品还是技术都得到了观众和同行们的肯定与尊重。长久以来，辛迪都生活在无数的赞誉和用不完的金钱之中，虽然外人看来她是一个名副其实的成功者，但在辛迪的内心里，始终觉得有一种难以被填补的空虚。 一次偶然中，辛迪邂逅了名为汪莉的舞者，汪莉身上所流露出的在舞蹈上的才华让辛迪感到非常的意外，于是她决定好好的培养这块可塑之才。为了扶汪莉上位，辛迪不惜将舞蹈团里主角的位置都让给了汪莉。可辛迪并不知道的是，汪莉并不是表面看上去的那么单纯。

在舞厅里，管弦乐队的两名成员和一名醉醺醺的舞者为戴帽子的女孩而争吵。