Daniel Craig stars as as a hedonistic Hollywood star who returns to his roots when his career hits a crisis. Joe Scott (Craig) is living the movie-star dream, with a house in the Hollywood hills & girls on tap, he indulges his every whim. But when his childhood best friend Boots (Max Deacon) dies suddenly, he returns to England for the funeral, to be confronted by his past & the regret of a lost love. Joe's teenage years with his first love Ruth (Claire Forlani) were tainted by an affair with his mother's best friend, leading him to leave for good. Now thirty years later, he returns to confront his guilt, & finally make amends to his former love.