This quiet film belies a swirl of complex emotions. Michaela is an artist turned art restorator by circumstances. Ian is a once famous artists who know is a reclusive curiosity, His children have hired Michaela to act as his assistant, with the goal of forging a long unfinished series in his attic with the hope of selling them as orignals upon his death. What unravels is the emotional connections between the characters, their motivations, art, and broken dreams. Michaela faces Mckellen with spinx like silence, giving him space to McKellen to fill with elegant rants and dramatic tantrums. Like a patient parent, she waits for him to run out of steam before engaging. They confuse, betray, and reveal. Through the unfinished art, their own unfinished lives are reflected and through that they find a common connection. The movie is a quiet yet driving story about cartharsis and coming to terms.