Gerçek bir hikayeden uyarlanmış olan filmde bir işadamı olan Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth), eşi Clare (Rachel Weisz) ve iki çocuğu Rachel (Eleanor Stagg) ve James (Kit Connor) ile mutlu bir aile hayatı sürdürmektedir. Amatör olarak yat sporuyla uğraşan Donald, kazanana cazip bir para ödülü verilen 1968 Golden Globe Yarışı’na katılıp kazanmayı kafasına koyar ancak bu girişimi bir felâketle sonuçlanır. Bunun üzerine yarışı kazanamayacağını tahmin eden Donald, deniz yolu üzerinden dünyayı tek başına dolaşarak geri kalanlara yetişmek gibi sonuçlarını tahmin edemeyeceği kurnazca ve sahtekârlık dolu bir plan yapar.

Merhamet

Kath, a shy young woman, befriends Bob, the reclusive gardener at a seaside hotel where she's getting married. Kath has never come to terms with her mother leaving home when she was eight and that her overbearing father, Ken, never talks about her. Now she is getting married to escape, only to discover that her fiancée, Steve, is completely dominated by Ken as well. Bob is a gentle, eccentric man with a dry sense of humour and a troubled past. He spent a long time in prison and in the years he's worked at the hotel he has never ventured beyond the gardens, which he tends with obsessive care. Kath sparks a connection to an unresolved relationship from Bob's past with a girl called Louise which resonates so strongly that he feels compelled to leave the safety of the hotel and confront his past.

After Louise

Farewell the tranquil mind.  A bright, headstrong daughter of a senator; elevated by her status but stifled by its expectations.  A refugee of slavery; having risen to the top of a white world, he finds that love across racial lines has a cost.  Wed in secret, Desdemona and Othello crave a new life together.  But as unseen forces conspire against them, they find their future is not theirs to decide.