詹妮弗(劳拉·邓恩 Laura Dern 饰)是一名纪录片制作人,她正在制作一档关于世界各地女性生活状况的纪录片。一天,詹妮弗意外的收到了母亲奈特(艾伦·波斯蒂恩 Ellen Burstyn 饰)的来电。奈特告诉詹妮弗,自己发现了她在13岁的时候写的日记,日记中记录了当时的詹妮弗和骑马教练G夫人(伊丽莎白·德比齐 Elizabeth Debicki 饰)以及跑步教练比尔(杰森·雷特 Jason Ritter 饰)在夏令营中一起度过的时光。
詹妮弗幼稚的记录暴露了一些让奈特感到非常不安的消息,在奈特,以及未婚夫马丁(科曼 Common 饰)的鼓励之下,詹妮弗决定找到G夫人和比尔,询问当时到底发声了什么事情。哪知道这个举动打开了詹妮弗记忆力紧锁的潘多拉魔盒。
It's been a year since Joe Carroll's arrest and Ryan Hardy has moved on with his life. Carroll is scheduled to be executed in a month's time and Hardy has not seen or spoken to him. Ryan also has a new girlfriend, Gwen. Mike Weston is back after a long absence but his relationship with Max Hardy ended when he left. All of those involved have to face a new threat when a small group led by Mark start staging scenes of some the FBI's activities in their pursuit of Carroll. The body count begins to rise rapidly.
Carla è incinta e nuda, imitando le pose che sua madre assumeva quando era incinta di Carla. La luce del sole filtra dalle finestre. Si vedono immagini in Super-8 di madri e padri, nonne e nonni, che sorridono, cuciono, recitano poesie. Poi, una giovane ragazza viaggia dagli anni Sessanta agli anni Ottanta, fino a oggi, attraversando le soglie della femminilità e della storia, fino all’incontro con Carla in riva al mare azzurro della Catalogna e con Manel, il figlio di Carla appena nato.