Reality is distorted when Peter, while on vacation, enters in to a nocturnal relationship with a mysterious woman from the forest. He looses sleep and begins to obsess as he wants to know more about the woman who visits him in the dark hours.

In a world where people's lives consist of consuming and producing painkillers, Frank is suddenly transferred to a new department and a new life.

Three sisters, all adrift and in crisis, reunite at their childhood home as their domineering mother arranges a big birthday. But as the festivities come to an end, repressed conflicts rise to the surface. Old wounds are opened and a new family is born.