A year after a devastating flood has killed five locals in an idyllic country town, a mysterious new plant appears. The plant's phenomenal ability to restore youth is so formidable that attempting to harness it means re-evaluating values.
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person he believes to be responsible for the death of his family in the death camp to kill him himself.
An escaped homicidal female psychiatric patient seduces a young patrolman into helping her prove her innocence. Emma believes that a conspiracy may have been behind the woman's imprisonment but Frank is not so sure.