A young woman bonds with her driver in Jeddah over shared dreams, unknowingly mirroring his struggles leaving family behind in Sudan while navigating Saudi's restrictions on women.
At their old farmhouse on Dartmoor, a family gathers at their matriarch's deathbed to celebrate her last birthday. She has controlled the men in her family for decades, but long-buried secrets and resentments now come to the surface.
As ageing Mayaw's mind begins to fade, he hears the call of his indigenous Taiwanese homeland and its magical guardians - very far from the grey London he now inhabits.
