Gazing from a window upon the polished propriety of genteel Victorian Edinburgh society, a young woman takes delight in imagining the pent-up carnal desire bubbling beneath the surface of the city’s straitlaced exterior.

In Glasgow 1952, Scottish single mother, Elizabeth has to choose between the safety of herself and her son or financial stability by inviting in her darkest nightmare.

Life Class centres on a pivotal exchange between Eve (Molly Vevers), who's trapped in a relationship that’s no longer working, and Celeste (Pooky Quesnel), whose reflections on love and loss unfold alongside Eve’s uncertainty. Through their conversation, the film explores what it means to be seen, to change, and to choose a different path.

It’s the turn of the New Year and a young woman fumbles her way through an unknown future.