Every summer aristocratic actress Irina (ANNETTE BENING, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool), her brother Sorin (BRIAN DENNEHY, First Blood) and her son Konstantin (BILLY HOWLE, On Chesil Beach) entertain family and friends at their lakeside estate.

When Irina’s lover, the successful novelist Boris Trigorin (COREY STOLL, House of Cards), accompanies her one year, Nina (SAOIRSE RONAN, Lady Bird), a naïve girl who lives on a neighbouring estate, falls in love with the older Boris. He basks in her adulation, while Masha (ELISABETH MOSS, The Handmaid’s Tale) is obsessed with Konstantin, who loves Nina.

While everyone is caught up in passionately loving someone who loves somebody else, a tragicomedy unfolds about art, fame, human folly, and the eternal desire to live a purposeful life.