Maggie Smith and Judi Dench play two sisters living in splendid isolation in Cornwall. One day they find a body washed up on the beach, who turns out to be Andrea, a Polish musician who washed up on shore (it is never fully explained how or why that happened). The sisters become fond of Andrea: Janet (Smith) becomes a somewhat remote mother figure, who speaks enough German to communicate with the young man; Ursula (Dench) becomes infatuated with him, the love she has never had for anyone now directed to Andrea. The local doctor at first treats the youngster, then becomes resentful of his presence, and finally jealous of him. A young Russian woman, Olga, is in town, painting, and rebuffs the doctor's romantic advances. It is then that the doctor tells the local police that he suspects the foreigners in their midst. Olga tells Andrea that he is a very talented violinist, and wishes him to meet her brother, a concert violinist and conductor.
Dench and Smith do their usual great work.
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