A hotel along the steep cliffs of Dover provides the backdrop for several stories of lost souls & desperate characters in this drama from British filmmaker Carol Morley Elderly & out-of-sorts Wendy (Marjorie Yates) checks into the Cliff Edge Hotel & immediately retreats to her room to ponder a serious question -- what's the best way to end her own life? Philip (Joe Dempsie) has come to the hotel to meet a woman he's been communicating with on line for months but when he finally comes face to face with Sophie (Nichola Burley) he soon learns she does not have romance on her mind Glen (Paul Hilton) is a once-successful musician whose career has gone into a tailspin & as he struggles to write new songs & make friends with the other guests he becomes infatuated with Elly (Maxine Peake) who is trying to come to terms with a tragic event in her past