In the 1980s, Rory, a former broker turned ambitious entrepreneur, convinced Allison, his American wife, and their two children to leave the comforts of an affluent suburb of the United States to settle in England, his country of birth. . Convinced of making a fortune there, Rory rents an old mansion in the countryside where his wife can continue to ride. But hope for a lucrative new start quickly fades, and the isolation slowly shatters the family balance.