While defending her family’s historic plantation from destruction, Charlotte, a reclusive Southern-belle spinster, calls for help from her cousin Melanie, but Melanie's arrival sparks a chain of melodramatic events that send Charlotte into madness.
In a nuke story that takes place in post-blast Los Angeles, three couples gather for a final candlelit dinner. As time creeps to a halt—literally—they share stories, some regrets, a bunch of humor, and, fittingly, love.