In postwar Newquay, a Cornishman returns home to live with his childhood best friend. Upon arrival, he learns of her sudden death and investigates to uncover what really happened to her.
Unable to conceive a child and without work, Tom and Poppy Webster achieve unexpected notoriety making homage shorts. Fame, however, is not the prize, but the price.
Late at night, an arguing couple, three intoxicated men, a gaggle of girls and a drug-filled straggler scatter the streets searching for understanding.