Vivian Yin is dead. The first Chinese actress to win an Oscar, the trailblazing ingenue rose to fame in the eighties, only to disappear and live out the rest of her life as a recluse. Now her remaining family members are gathered for the reading of her will, and her daughters expect to inherit Vivian's grand Southern California estate. But due to a last-minute change to the will, the house is passed on to another family that has suddenly returned after decades of estrangement. After so many years of silence, will the families finally confront the painful truth of the last, tragic summer they spent there - or will they cling to their secrets until it's too late?