Laura Burney is spending an idyllic summer at the beachfront home she shares with her husband, Martin, a charming, handsome and wealthy investment counselor, on Cape Cod . Beneath his seemingly perfect exterior, however, Martin has extreme, obsessive control issues and has also been Physical abuse, Psychological abuse and Marital rape Intimate partner violence Laura throughout their three years of marriage. He makes her keep everything in immaculate order in the house, tells her what she should wear, picks out what music she listens to, and limits her social activities.