Set in rural Queensland, Australia, the film deals with a family's grief following the sudden death of their father Peter (Aden Young). Eight-year old daughter Simone (Morgana Davies) copes with her loss by talking to the fig tree outside their house, believing that her father is living on inside it. She shares her secret with her mother Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg), who begins to find solace in the tree as well. Yet when Dawn meets a new man (Marton Csokas), the mother-daughter bond is tested. Will the family be able to come to terms with the past? The tree forces them to make a decision...