An old lady alone in her retirement home is chasing a fly across the room. As she kills the fly, suddenly her cell phone comes to life. Little does the woman know, that this new cell phone model has a 'bug' in it.

In the late 19th-century, the Tippel family moves to rural Stavoren in search of greener pastures. However, their dreams are quickly shattered, as teenage Katie is terrorized by a male-dominated society who only see her as an object. Her situation worsens when, following her father's sacking and her elder sister's descent into alcoholism, her mother decides that, rather than starving, Katie becomes a prostitute.