During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.

Cast

Colin FarrellCorporal McBurney

Nicole KidmanMiss Martha

Kirsten DunstEdwina

Elle FanningAlicia

Oona LaurenceAmy