A young man seeks shelter in the home of three women he suspects are not all they seem.

Set during the years between the "Rebecca" trial and the writing of Du Maurier's short story "The Birds", including her relationship with her husband Frederick 'Boy' Browning, and her largely unrequited infatuations with American publishing tycoon's wife Ellen Doubleday and the actress Gertrude Lawrence.

After dropping out of university and ditching his dreams of becoming a hockey player, 22-year-old Marcello, has a week to sort out his future before moving back in with his parents.