In 1930s Spain, a young Irish governess falls in love with a rich Spanish soldier amidst the turbulent political climate of fascism. As the country is on the brink of civil war, the protagonist navigates her way through wealthy and privileged families, sexual predators, and unrequited love, ultimately sacrificing herself for the ones she cares about.

Johnny Fortune (Damon Lowry) is no good to anyone, not mean, but just no good. Surrounded by violence and dishonesty, Johnny lives with Kate. Johnny messes up, he loses a lot of money, his girlfriend Kate's money. Alone, desperate and on the run from a couple of hit-men, he applies for a job as an entertainer's assistant becoming a dancing bear. Unwittingly learning of secrets around him, his past catches up with him.

England, mid-1980s: Bill embarks on a dream-like odyssey around rural England, breaking into country houses, taking photos of anything that interests him, until he meets a mysterious woman in a van, who seems to be on the run from the authorities.