La pel·lícula es desenvolupa als Estats Units l'any 1964. Selma (Björk) és una immigrant txeca que es muda a aquell país amb el seu fill Gene. A més, pateix una malaltia hereditària degenerativa que li està ocasionant una ràpida ceguesa progressiva. Per aquest motiu Selma estalvia cèntim a cèntim en una llauna que guarda a la cuina per pagar una operació que eviti que el seu fill pateixi el mateix destí.

Drama centrat en els esforços de John i Aileen Crowley per trobar algun investigador que trobi una cura per als seus dos fills, afectats per un rar desordre genètic.

As they try to come to terms with the loss they have experienced, will Dewi and Sena be able to face the mystery of the legacy passed down from their extended family?

While walking along the beach, Christian and his girlfriend discover a mysterious woman washed ashore. The following day, Christian meets the woman again at a yacht party and soon finds himself entangled in a web of lust, intrigue and murder.

When Claire learns that her estranged mother is dying, she returns to her hometown unaware that it is led by a religious cult to which her mother belongs to and is a host of something sinister that the family has been containing for generations.

The true story of parents who discover that their two young daughters have a genetic disease that makes it fatal for them to be exposed to ordinary light.