Arthur Maxley is a tense and listless young man. One day he receives a letter from his long-estranged father.Arthur's fear and aversion to the man is powerful, yet his compulsion to see his father is irresistible.After their meeting, Arthur is propelled into a night of drinking and spontaneous intimacy with a beautiful young woman.But as the memories of childhood trauma surface and disorientate, Arthur's night out rises towards the pitch of disaster.