On the way to interview a novelist, Lane and Christina are involved in a car crash which leaves literary critic Christina brain-damaged. Lane undertakes the assignment and becomes attracted...
After a domestic tragedy, a couple separate to reunite later, over a period of time spanning the 70's to the 90's as Cormack's character loses her eyesight.
Constance is a bored, movie-loving schoolteacher in post-WW2 New Zealand who begins to fantasise that she's a Hollywood star - with tragic consequences.