The aristocratic wife of a respected judge is unhappy with her loveless marriage and becomes infatuated with a younger fighter pilot. She leaves her husband to start a new life with him under an assumed name, but as her lover's interest in her wanes, she is driven to despair and contemplates suicide. Terence Davies' 1950s-set drama, with Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston and Simon Russell Beale.

The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.