A taut, atmospheric contemporary, psychological thriller about a disturbed young woman, Dorothy Mills (Jenn Murray), suspected of assaulting a young baby in a timeless rural village. She is visited by psychiatrist and outsider, Jane (Carice Van Houten), who discovers that Dorothy may not be responsible for her actions and might be possessed by a horrifying and malevolent force.
As she helps Dorothy, Jane is confronted with her own past tragedies and starts to unravel another terrible secret hidden by some of the local villagers.