James Brettell

For Agatha, Christmas triggers sadness. She yearns for freedom laced with imagination, when magical creatures were part of a game played with friends in the forest. The death of her parents after a 1978 Christmas Party still haunts Agatha. She sees similarities between her parents' unhappy marriage and her own. The Black Madonna statue from her childhood visits Agatha, escalating her anxiety and goading her towards change. The discovery of a mysterious portal offers Agatha the possibility of resolving her grief and saving her crumbling marriage.

17歳で一流の名門大学MIT（マサチューセッツ工科大）への合格を果たした秀才女学生のローダ。しかし、ある日彼女は車を運転中、ふとした気の緩みから、若い家族の乗る車に正面から突っ込み、妊婦と子どもを死なせてしまう。4年の刑期を終えて出所した後、ローダは、ひとり取り残されて世捨て人のような生活を送る遺族の夫ジョンのもとへ謝罪に出向いたものの、なかなか真実を告白できず、代わりに、清掃会社の一員を装って彼の家へ定期的に通い始める。