When fading 80s rock star Lee Hauser (Nick Cave and the Bad Seed's James Johnston) overdoses in a run-down motel, his junkie widow Emily (Maggie Cheung), already reviled by the press for ruining his career, takes public blame for his death and is arrested for possession. After a spell in prison, she returns to Paris where she once lived and attempts to win the trust of her elderly in-laws who have taken custody of her young son.Her life becomes a daily battle to find a place for herself in a world in which she feels unloved and which she despises.But when tragedy strikes, she is brought closer to her estranged family and begins to face the demons of her past.