Hilary (Rachel Griffiths) and Jacqueline (Emily Watson) are sisters with deep feelings. Hilary is a talented flute player. Jacqueline is unwilling to lag behind her sister after watching her sister win many honors. After hard practice, Jacqueline's cello has also made great progress. In a competition, the two won first place respectively, but Hilary began to envy her sister. Even though their relationship was not affected, Hilary's music road began to hit the rocks. When Hilary grew up, she got married and moved to a remote area. Jacqueline, who was also married at this time, envied her sister's ordinary but happy life. She began to get tired of performing everywhere. She fled to her sister's house, but asked to have a relationship with her brother-in-law. In order to accommodate her sister, Hilary had to compromise. Finally one day, when Jacqueline found that her brother-in-law still loved her sister, she left and returned to her husband. Just when everything was going well, she found that she had an incurable disease.