A teenage refugee from an unknown country, CHRISTINA was raised by her abusive father to trade sex for love and protection. One night, she smothers him in his sleep with a pillow and embarks on a search for a new home. A twist of fate guides her to LYNN and JOE, an affluent Manhattan couple who have everything but one thing that could complete their family.
Lynn, unable to conceive after surviving cancer, forges an immediate bond with Christina and persuades her dutiful husband to bring the girl into their world. Christina revels in a newly found maternal love, and Lynn’s longing for motherhood is reignited. But Christina’s presence awakens the couple’s buried desires and fantasies. As Lynn’s relationship with Christina evolves from maternal to erotic, tenderness curdles into obsession — blurring the boundaries of motherhood.
Terrified that her dream of a “perfect family” is slipping away, Lynn devises a new plan to make it a reality — she invites Christina into the couple’s bedroom. Soon, Christina is pregnant with Joe’s child… He, too, craves a new beginning. As dreams and reality intertwine, the uncanny family blossoms. But when Joe discovers the truth about Christina's troubled past, Lynn banishes the girl with her unborn baby.
Drawn back into the womb that ejected her, Christina returns to claim the love she was promised. She offers Lynn her newborn child and a chance at a real family, But the only love she finds in this place is her own - the love she vows to give to her daughter.
