When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter Kay and granddaughter Sam rush to their family's decaying country home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence. After Edna returns just as mysteriously as she disappeared, Kay's concern that her mother seems unwilling or unable to say where she clashes with Sam's unabashed enthusiasm to have her grandma back.

Explores the complexities of the human psyche as it sets out to unveil a childhood trauma. The film structures the narrative by telling a simple story of a man's illness and his daughter's love, understanding, and commitment to find her father's treatment, which comes in the form of a young psychiatrist who unveils the father's demented world and carries him backwards on an awesome journey to finally confront his disillusioned guilt.

Jon and Wendy Savage are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from their abusive father, Lenny. Suddenly, a call comes in that Lenny's girlfriend has died and he cannot care for himself. Lenny suffers from dementia and her family dumps Lenny on his children. Despite the fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel obliged to take care of him....