Rose (Fiona Shaw) and her daughter Sofia (Emma Mackey) travel to the Spanish seaside town of Almería to consult with the shamanic Dr. Gómez, a physician who may or may not hold the cure to Rose's mystery illness. Long trapped by her mother’s ailments, in the Mediterranean sun Sofia begins to shed her inhibitions, enticed by the persuasive charms of Ingrid (Vicky Krieps), an enigmatic traveler. Sofia's increased freedom also brings conflict with her controlling mother; pent-up resentments and bitterness threaten the fragile threads that hold them together, leading them to a dramatic conclusion.