Un agente especial (Ethan Hawke) de un departamento secreto del gobierno, una agencia creada en los años 80 que permite realizar viajes en el tiempo, tendrá que realizar una compleja serie de "saltos" hacia atrás en el tiempo con el fin de detener al conocido como "el terrorista fallido", un individuo que está poniendo bombas por todo el país con miles de víctimas. En uno de sus viajes a los 70, el agente, que trabaja encubierto como camarero de un bar, conoce a un hombre que le narra una historia extraordinaria...
1941. A country in crisis. A new man in power. Leadership demands and personal demons are set to collide. The story of John Curtin as he faces his first six months as Prime Minister, confronting in quick succession, the tragedy of Pearl Harbour, the fall of Singapore, the bombing of Darwin and a furious battle with Churchill over the deployment of Australian troops. This is a raw and intimate story of a driven and inspirational leader - a man who struggles to battle his own personal demons while serving and protecting a country at war.
A woman artist's affair with a younger man jeopardises her marriage, her career and her child's future. He personifies the nihilistic philosophy of Albert Marcuse and tries to manipulate her. Her dependence on him forces her to reassess all the values of her art and life. We observe these events at three levels; a woman writer uses them as the basis of a play and in the process reveals parallels in her own experience.
