Ensemble drama starring Damian Lewis, Ralph Fiennes, Penélope Cruz and Kristin Scott Thomas. Marcus Aylesbury (Lewis) has his fair share of dilemmas and secrets in his family. His wife (Scott Thomas) can't tell the difference between a shrink and a shop, his eight-year-old son Orlando (Clem Tibber) spray paints his rabbit's name on the walls to get attention, while Orlando's godfather Stephen (Fiennes) lies half beaten to death in hospital. To make things worse Marcus' boss is drawing him into a scam which could cost him his career, his father (Ian Holm) has an illegitimate love child with his former mistress Gloria (Cruz), and his stepmother Penelope's (Harriet Walter) bond with her dogs is his best role model of a loving relationship.