Bernadette Fox (Cate Blanchett) has a loving, though very busy husband (Billy Crudup) and a wonderful daughter, teenager Bee (Emma Nelson), for whom she is a best friend. Bernadette, believed to be a genius revolutionary of architecture among designers, is an eccentric woman who does not shy away from conflicts with her surroundings. One rainy day she disappears in strange circumstances. Bee, who decides she will do anything to find her, gradually discovers surprising facts from her mother’s life...