Jessica (Jenna Harrison) lives at home with her parents in middle-class suburbia, next door to her handsome English

teacher and family friend Jack

(Adrian Rawlins).

One drunken night, Jack forces himself upon Jessica, who is deeply traumatised by the incident, retreating from her family and friends.

She seeks comfort in the forest where an enigmatic boy called Tom (Ben Wishaw) catches her eye.

Tom is at one with nature and is happy to spend the night sleeping beneath the stars and bathing in the lake.

He soon becomes Jessica's closest friend, but he hides a dark secret of his own, which explains his close afdfinity with her.