A vivid evocation of nature, humanity and life itself, set in a 1980s rural community in Ireland, based on internationally acclaimed Irish author John McGahern's award-winning novel. After many years in London, Joe and Kate Ruttledge have returned to the small rural lakeside hamlet where Joe grew up. Centering on their lives and the ones of the characters around them, the film is a meditative and delicate exploration of rituals and human bonds, where the landscape plays its own unique and arresting role.