Arthur Maxley is a tense and listless young man. One day he receives a letter from his long-estranged father. Arthurs 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, Arthurs night out rises towards the pitch of disaster.