

1943, The isolated mountains of Appalachia. Maggy Gresham (Kathy Baker) takes in a stranger named Baston Morris (Peter Weller), who admits he killed her husband. Morris claims he was repaying Maggie's husband for sleeping with Morris' wife and killing his family. The relationship between widow and killer intensifies, causing Maggie to wrestle with her emotions. She doesn't know if she can trust Morris, or why she can't fight him.