Julia Lambert (Annette Bening) is a famous theater actress: beautiful, talented, popular and rich. She has everything, including a faithful husband who is responsible for her brilliant career. But after so many years of success on the stage, she starts to suffer from boredom and she's desperate for something new in her life. Something that will bring back the sparkle in her eyes. She meets a young, handsome, ambitious gentleman, Tom Fennel (Shaun Evans). As their new romance develops, she discovers that Tom's real passion is young and fresh actress Avice Crichton (Lucy Punch). Now, aware of everything, Julia sets up a revenge...