On a trip to the South of France the shy heroine of Rebecca falls in love with Maxim de Winter a handsome widower Although his proposal comes as a surprise she happily agrees to marry him But as they arrive at her husband's home Manderley a change comes over Maxim & the young bride is filled with dread Friendless in the isolated mansion she realises that she barely knows him In every corner of every room is the phantom of his beautiful first wife Rebecca & the new Mrs de Winter walks in her shadow