After Louise

Kath, a reserved young woman, forms a friendship with Bob, the solitary gardener at a coastal hotel where she plans to wed. Kath has struggled to accept her mother’s departure when she was eight, and her domineering father, Ken, refuses to discuss it. She is marrying to escape her situation, only to find that her fiancé, Steve, is also under Ken’s control. Bob, a kind and quirky man with a sharp wit and a troubled history, has spent many years in prison. Since working at the hotel, he has never left the gardens, which he meticulously maintains. Kath ignites a connection to an unresolved relationship from Bob’s past with a girl named Louise, which resonates so deeply that he feels driven to leave the comfort of the hotel and face his past.