La vida de Nina Deer (Elisha Cuthbert) cambia por completo con la llegada de Dot (Camilla Belle), la ahijada de sus padres. Se trata de una chica sordomuda que se acaba de quedar huérfana. Aunque Nina trata a Dot con desdén, su familia y amigos, por el contrario, se sienten extrañamente atraídos por ella, y Dot no tarda en convertirse en el centro de atención. Pero Nina, convencida de que Dot debe tener algún secreto que ocultar, decide confesar un secreto familiar enormemente perturbador.

This erotic and suspenseful tale of sex, lies and betrayal stars Elisha Cuthbert (The Girl Next Door) as Nina Deer, a pretty cheerleader whose life is turned upside-down by the arrival of her parents' godchild Dot (Camilla Belle, When a Stranger Calls), a deaf and mute girl recently orphaned by her father's death. Although Nina looks upon Dot's deafness with disdain, her family and friends develop a strange attraction to her, and Dot soon becomes a sounding board for everyone's heaviest burdens. But when Nina becomes convinced that Dot is hiding a few secrets of her own, she decides to confess a family secret so disturbing, it cannot be ignored. Also starring Martin Donovan (TV's "Weeds") and Edie Falco