British screenwriter Phillip Philadelphia conducts a retiring life of fantasy, delusion and tawdry eroticism from a Gold Coast motel; meanwhile the ghosts of love and past glory begin to erode his web of reverie.

A local 8-year-old boy goes missing in Woodridge, Australia.

When Eden, an enigmatic spy on a covert and dangerous mission, pulls single father Ben Dawson into her world of high-stakes espionage, his life is turned upside down. Mistaken for the world's deadliest assassin, Ben becomes the perfect decoy for Eden.

Amidst the dusty bellowing of a decrepit cinema complex, a young Theo engages with a strangely familiar elderly man who presents upon him visions of disgust and euphoria.