When Dorothy, tired of her intense social and professional life, decides to return to the small provincial town and her family home to rest and receive love from her brother's family, she discovers that while the whole world adores and admires her as a great actress... Laura is openly cold towards her and her two nephews, whom she has financially helped, treat her with contempt. 

Beyond that, she finds that her brother drinks a lot and the cause is his wife. This brings her face to face with truths she wants to keep in the background… But for how long?