Single-mother Sandra (Clare Dunne) escapes her abusive partner with her two young children, only to find herself trapped in temporary accommodation. After months of struggling, she draws inspiration from one of her daughter’s bedtime stories and hits upon the idea of self-building an affordable home. She finds an architect who provides her with plans and is offered land by Peggy (Harriet Walter), a woman she cleans for. Aido (Conleth Hill), a building contractor, appears willing to help too. But as her past rears its head, in the form of Gary (Ian Lloyd Anderson), her possessive ex, and as bureaucrats fight back against her independent spirit, will Sandra be able to rebuild her life from the ground u
Casey Affleck plays Jim, a young man who, after deciding he can't make it on his own, moves back to his hometown in Indiana -- under his parents' roof. He's saved from his family's dysfunction by a local woman and her son, who sees him as a father figure. 讲述一个27岁的男子回家和父母一起住,当年青的吉姆(Casey Affleck演)决定自己无法独力完成后, 他回到在印第安纳的家乡小镇-- 让双亲庇护着。而当地一名妇女和她儿子解决了吉姆和家庭不和谐的关系,那个小孩更把他当成父亲般看待,想办法履行棘手的家庭责任。