A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.
The story of sisters Vicki and Beth, when Vicki begins an affair with Beth's intriguing French husband.
A mobster's mistress and her bodyguard share a forbidden love and discover they may be doomed by an ominous past life.
