小时候，一场大火在Franky的身心上烙下了深深地印记。15年来，她一直在努力找寻证据将犯人绳之以法，同时伺机报复。她在当年挽救了她生命的医院里做起了护士，在那里，她遇到了个性强烈的Florence，并与之坠入爱河。面对自己专横的家庭，Franky选择逃离达格纳姆这个工人阶级小镇，转而投奔Florence和她的继亲家庭以寻求避风港。但是，她并没有因此摆脱过去的纠缠。不久之后，她与Florence的关系开始出现裂痕。

Summertime, 1994. In a quiet mining village just outside Doncaster, a rumour stirs about the legend of a giant carp in the nearby decoy ponds. Trevor takes watch one night at the water's edge. The following night, he decides to lead a brigade of young friends and neighbours on a fishing expedition. In a world of broken families, cassette tapes and rumbling political fever, these friends, each with their own struggles to bear, share a moment of harmony as they witness the carp for themselves that they will never forget.