A schizophrenic released after a lengthy stay in a psychiatric hospital struggles to adapt to the routine of living in a halfway house. He finds himself drawn back to his childhood haunts in the East End, where he pieces together the memories that recreate the trauma that led to his mental breakdown - causing his fragile grip on reality to slip again. David Cronenberg's psychological thriller, with Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave and Bradley Hall.

A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.