A weekend getaway for twentysomethings Emily and her friend Veronica is disrupted by the unexpected presence of Melanie; Emily's estranged elder sister.

Veronica was the life of any party when she was in university. Having graduated a year ago, her life hasn't gone anywhere since. The only light in her directionless life of frustrated ambitions and dead-end jobs is her friendship with her naive and co-dependent co-worker Emily. Faced with the unusual prospect of a weekend off together, Emily invites Veronica to spend it with her at her family's holiday home. When she then turns up at the holiday cottage ahead of Emily to bring in a weekend of quality down-time, the last thing Veronica expects is to meet the aloof Melanie - herself on the cusp of a major turning point in her life.