Simon Henderson is at boarding school in Canada while his father works in Hong Kong, and his mother lives in England. When his parents visit him in the holidays, Simon discovers that his mother has schizophrenia.
A kanadai film tizenéves főhőse, Simon (Matthew Ferguson) kollégiumban lakik. Szülei már régebben elváltak, az apja (David McIlwraith) Hongkongban, az anyja (Judy Davis) pedig Angliában él. Amikor a szünetben meglátogatják, Sim...