At the heart of this true story is Damien Oliver, a young jockey who loses his only brother in a tragic racing accident, hauntingly reflecting of the way their father died 27 years earlier. After suffering through a series of discouraging defeats, Damien teams with Irish trainer Dermot Weld, and triumphs at the 2002 Melbourne Cup in one of the most thrilling finales in sporting history.

A working theatre actor questions her calling when she plays Lady Macduff in an increasingly violent production of Shakespeare's "Macbeth", with an internationally celebrated auteur director.

Following the death of his father, an emotionally deflective son's attempt to return home and reconnect with his mother is strained when she reveals that she has seen a giant sea monster carcass on the beach.