Cynthia and Buck are two young lovers struggling in Seattle. Posing as siblings, they take jobs as a live-in caretaker and gardener for Eleanor Dunston, a rich but terminally ill woman just a few years older. Over time, a close triangle is formed and the two lovers shed their old lives of drugs and alcohol and blossom with newfound purpose. However, envy for Eleanor's wealth, and jealousy over her growing attraction to Buck, creep into Cynthia's heart. She hatches a misguided plan which threatens to destroy the happiness of everyone under the roof of Eleanor's majestic manor. A ravishing and touching film, UNDER HEAVEN is a contemporary retelling of the classic henry James novel, The Wings of the Dove.