A doctor takes in a mysterious man who washes ashore at her remote cottage with a gunshot wound. Quickly they both learn the killer has arrived to finish the job, while a storm has cut them off from the mainland.

真人真事改编，描述在加拿大美丽的大西洋省份新斯科舍省，一位患有关节炎的民间艺术家莫娣·刘易斯，对艺术不懈的追求。