A young man, Stevie, awakes on a wasteland overlooking Bradford, still bleeding from a brutal attack that has left him with severe memory loss. Recent events are a total blank; his more distant memories are a blur. He slowly begins to piece together his identity: his name, his home, his family. At first it appears he returns to his former self but through a series of painful flashbacks and encounters, he comes to learn of the dark and disturbing events that led to his beating. Ashamed to learn of the person he has become – and the dangerous world he became mixed up in – Stevie realises he will have to pay. But at what price?
Joseph (Peter Mullan), un viudo alcohólico, violento y autodestructivo, encuentra una esperanza de redención en Hannah (Olivia Colman), una mujer muy religiosa, a la que conoce a raíz de un altercado. Al principio Joseph se burla de su fe y da por supuesto que su existencia es muy apacible, pero pronto descubre que la vida de Hannah está llena de dolor y confusión. A medida que su relación se consolida, ambos se dan cuenta de que el amor y la amistad pueden encontrarse incluso en los lugares más oscuros.
