Synopsis

Chrissy (15) is wagging school again when she finds sanctuary inside her idyllic neighbour’s home. Trying on their comfortable life, she snoops through the couple’s belongings and plays around with an old tape camera. The fantasy is cut short when not-much-older sister, Andi (19), storms the castle. It’s their usual screaming match, Chrissy the ungrateful little rat is throwing her life away, and Andi the suffocating rockslide trying to control everything. Suddenly, the neighbours arrive home in the midst of an argument of their own. Hiding in the house, the sisters witness an act of violence from husband Matt, which Chrissy captures on video. Back in the safety of their home, the girls argue over this tape of evidence and what’s at risk if they get involved. In the madness of their fight, Andi reveals the grim truth she’s been protecting Chrissy from: she’s seen Matt do this before. But Andi knows that turning Matt in will unravel their own fragile sanctuary, here in their abandoned home, without their mother. Chrissy, for the first time, stands strong enough to sway her sister, and together they decide to face the music.